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...pleased to report that Walter Isaacson, who has been managing editor of TIME for the past five years, will become editorial director of Time Inc., the Time Warner division that publishes more than 40 magazines, including TIME, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE, FORTUNE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, MONEY and INSTYLE. Walter's successor as TIME's 15th managing editor will be Jim Kelly, who is moving up from his role as deputy managing editor. The changes will take place...
Magazines are not democracies (just ask our writers), but if we had put the choice of Walter's successor as managing editor to a vote, I have no doubt staff members would have elected Jim Kelly unanimously. Jim has been Walter's partner in success, filling a role that not only demands his proven talents as an editor but also calls on him to be the magazine's top administrator. Either task is difficult; Jim has handled both flawlessly...
...most emotional victory in the battle for the Senate came when Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, who was killed in a plane crash on Oct. 16, beat out Republican incumbent John Ashcroft. It was too late to remove his name from the ballot, and Carnahan's Democratic successor as Governor said he would appoint Carnahan's wife Jean, 66, to the Senate seat if her late husband won. "My husband's journey was cut short," she said last week. "And for reasons we don't understand, the mantle has now fallen upon us." Some Republicans grumbled about her right to assume...
...Clear Successor...
Brown's presidential choice also has reverberations closer to home. Like Brown, Harvard's presidential search committee should strongly consider a well-qualified woman or minority candidate when it selects its successor for outgoing President Neil L. Rudenstine. All of Harvard's past presidents have been white males. Although the University of Pennsylvania already has a female president, Brown has taken the initiative in shattering the ethnic glass ceiling within the Ivy League. Now it is time for Harvard to follow suit...