20 Facts About James Michaels

James Walker Michaels was an American journalist and magazine editor.

James Michaels was born in Buffalo, New York, on June 17,1921.

James Michaels attended the Culver Military Academy in Indiana and graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1942.

James Michaels applied to the American Field Service in April 1943 and was sent to Bombay India to drive an ambulance for the British Army as part of AFS India Burma Unit 1.

James Michaels stayed with the military until September 1944 when he was released to the Office of War Information.

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Mr James Michaels spent over four decades with Forbes magazine, after joining as a reporter in 1954 and rising to managing editor in 1957 where he served until 1961 when he became editor.

Mr James Michaels retired from Forbes magazine in 1999 and was succeeded as editor by William Baldwin.

James Michaels left the magazine to help expand the Forbes Inc parent company into new mediums including television, books and new media.

James Michaels focused on the needs of his readers, rather than pleasing corporate executives or the mainstream media.

James Michaels wanted articles to be shorter, more direct, and with a clear conclusion to ensure they were fit for readers.

Mr James Michaels' writing on Gandhi's death is included in the anthology "A Treasury of Great Reporting".

James Michaels was integral in the development of Forbes' grading system of the long-term performance of funds.

James Michaels helped create the Forbes 400 ranking of America's richest people, first published in 1982.

Mr James Michaels has been cited as mentoring and influencing a long and influential group of writers, journalists, and editors including : Norman Pearlstine, Allan Sloan, Richard Behar, David Churbuck, Gretchen Morgenson, Kenneth Fisher, Peter Brimelow, William M Reddig Jr and Ed Finn.

James Michaels was honored with many awards, including a special Gerald Loeb Award, Editor of the Year by Ad Week, and the Greald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award.

The TJFR Group honored James Michaels by naming him one of the Top Ten Business News Luminaries of the Century.

James Michaels died at age 86 of pneumonia on October 2,2007 in Manhattan.

James Michaels was a resident of Manhattan and Rhinebeck, New York, at the time of his death.

James Michaels was survived by his wife, Jean Briggs, whom he married June 29,1985.

James Michaels was survived by his brother, sister, three children from a previous marriage, and six granddaughters.