Background
Luce, Henry Robinson was born on April 3, 1898 in American parentage, Shantung Province, China. Son of Henry Winters and Elizabeth Middleton (Root) Luce.
Luce, Henry Robinson was born on April 3, 1898 in American parentage, Shantung Province, China. Son of Henry Winters and Elizabeth Middleton (Root) Luce.
Preparatory education Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1920, honorary Master of Arts, 1926. Studied University of Oxford England.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Rollins, 1938, Grinnell, 1942.
Colgate, 1948; Doctor of Letters, Boston University, 1941, Syracuse University, 1945, Rutgers University, 1949, U. Arizona, 1961. L.H. Doctorate., Hamilton, 1942.
Doctor of Humanities, College Idaho, 1951, College of Wooster, 1962. Doctor of Laws, Lafayette, 1952.
Doctor Journalism, Temple University, 1953.
Doctor of Laws, Occidental Colonel, 1954, Saint Saint Louis University, 1955, Springfield College, 1961, Adelphi University, 1963, Williams College, 1965, Yale, 1966, also Westminster College (post-humously), 1967.
Founder (with Briton Hadden) of Time, 1923. Founder Fortune, 1930, Life, 1936. Sports Illustrated, 1954.
Editor-in-chief Time, Life, Fortune, Architectural Forum, Sports Illustrated, House & Home until 1964, editorial chairman, 1964-1967.
Director Time, Incorporated. Organized United China Relief, 1940. Initiated Commision on Freedom of Press, 1944.
Director Union Theological Seminary. Member United Board Christian Higher Education in Asia.
Trustee China Institute in American, American Heritage Foundation, Metropolitan Museum, Roosevelt Hospital.
Member United Board Christian Higher Education in Asia. Served as Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Member New York City of C., Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi.
Clubs: University, Cloud, Yale, Union, Racquet and Tennis, Century Association, Links, River (New York City).
Married Lila Hotz, December 22, 1923. Married second, Clare Boothe Brokaw (writer), November 23, 1935. Children: Henry III, Peter.