Background
Galvin, Ruth Mehrtens was born on January 14, 1922 in New Haven. Daughter of Behrend and Pauline Clara (Gademann) Mehrtens.
Galvin, Ruth Mehrtens was born on January 14, 1922 in New Haven. Daughter of Behrend and Pauline Clara (Gademann) Mehrtens.
Bachelor of Arts, Smith College, 1942.
Letters correspondent, Life magazine, 1945-1946; researcher, then contributing editor, Time magazine, 1946-1951; United States and Canadian correspondent, then chief, Boston bureau Time-Life, 1951-1966; foreign correspondent, London then national correspondent, Time magazine, 1966-1974; senior correspondent, Time magazine, 1974-1985. Advising committee Graduate Program Management, Simmons College, Boston, 1975-1977.
Trustee Boston Athenaeum, since 1987, Smith College, 1987-1992. Member Massachusetts History Society, National Association Science Writers.
Married Roderick Allen McManigal, September 9, 1947 (divorced). Married John Thomas Galvin, April 20, 1968.