Andrew Heiskell 1915-2003

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Columbia University Oral History Project : an interview with Andrew Heiskell regarding his life and family.
Andrew Heiskell's New York Times Obituary
The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library (New York Public Library) is named in honor of his efforts to save the New York Public Library.
The Andrew Heiskell Arts Director of the The American Academy in Rome is named after him.
The Andrew Heiskell Awards For Innovation in International Education also bears his name..
Obituary tributes to Andrew Heiskell

Andrew Heiskell was the son of Morgan Heiskell and Ann Hubbard Heiskell. He was born in Naples, Italy on 13 September 1915, and died in Darien, Connecticut on July 6, 2003 at the age of 87. He was chairman and CEO of Time Inc. (1960 - 1980). He was President of the Inter American Press Association (1961 - 1962). In 1946, at aged 30, he was named publisher of Life Magazine; later, as CEO, he had to close it down (in 1972). In 1974 he created People Magazine. He was Chairman Emeritus of the New York Public Library; vice-chairman of the Lincoln Center Theater; and a board member of the National Audobon Society.

Andrew wrote an autobiography with Ralph Graves.
Outsider, Insider: an unlikely success story . The memoirs of Andrew Heiskell. New York: Marian-Darien Press, 1998.