Hedley Williams Donovan was born on 24 May 1914 in Brainerd, MN. He married Dorothy Jane Hannon on 18 October 1941. Hedley Williams Donovan died on 13 August 1990 in New York, NY, at age 76.
     Hedley Williams Donovan graduated magna cum laude in 1934 from the University of Minnesota with a degree in history. Rhodes scholar, Oxford University, 1936. He was a reporter for the Washington Post, from 1937 to 1942. He was a writer, and editor for Fortune magazine, 1945 to 1951, associate managine editor, 1951 to 1953, managing editor, 1953 to 1959; He was editorial director for Time Inc., from 1959 to 1964, editor-in-chief, from 1964 to 1979. He is credited with greatly enhancing the journalistic status of Time magazine. As editor in chief for 15 years beginning in April 16th, 1964, Mr. Donovan was responsible for the content of all Time Inc. publications, including Time, Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Money and People. He retired as editor in 1979 and served one year as a senior adviser to President Jimmy Carter. In 1989 he wrote his autobiography, 'Right Places, Right Times: Forty Years in Journalism, Not Counting My Paper Route.' He died in Manhattan after a long battle with cronic lung disease. He was a journalist.