Roy Rowan

Roy Rowan (1 February 1920-) was an American foreign correspondent, editor, and author. He reported on the 1949 revolution that led to the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Rowan worked for Time-Life and its successor media company, Time-Warner, for more than 30 years. From late 1959 to 1970 he was ''Life'' magazine's assistant managing editor in charge of news. In 1972, Rowan returned to Time-Life and served as ''Time'' magazine's bureau chief for Asia and Australia until 1978. Roy Rowan spent the latter part of his career from 1978 to 2015 as a feature story writer for ''Time'' magazine and on the Board of Editors of ''Fortune'' magazine while writing 10 published books on a wide variety of topics.

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