Background

Forbes, Malcolm Stevenson was born on August 19, 1919 in New York City. Son of Bertie Charles and Adelaide (Stevenson) Forbes.

Education

Graduate cum laude, Lawrenceville Academy, 1937. AB, Princeton University, 1941. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Nasson College, 1966.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Oklahoma Christian College, 1973. Doctor of Letters (honorary) (honorary), Milliken University, 1974. Doctor of Letters (honorary) (honorary), Ball State University, 1980.

Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary) (honorary), Franklin Pierce College, 1975. Doctor of Science of Business Administration (honorary) (honorary), Bryant College, 1976. Doctor of Journalism (honorary) (honorary), Babson College, 1977.

Doctor of Journalism (honorary) (honorary), Central New England College, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), American Graduate School International Management, 1977. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Pace University, 1979.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Potomac School Law, 1979. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Kean College New Jersey, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Westminster College, 1981.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Seton Hill College, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), University Vermont, 1982. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), University Northern Colorado, 1983.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), East Texas State University, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Lehigh University, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Webster University, 1984.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Wittenberg University, 1985. Doctor of Economic Journalism (honorary) (honorary), Lakeland College, 1980. HHD (honorary) (honorary), Hofstra University, 1981.

HHD (honorary) (honorary), Ohio University, 1981. HHD (honorary) (honorary), Southwestern at Memphis, 1983. Doctor of Business Administration (honorary) (honorary), Bloomfield College, 1982.

Doctor of Business Administration (honorary) (honorary), Husson College, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Lincoln College, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), University Denver, 1983.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Hillsdale College, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Johns Hopkins University, 1984. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Pratt Institute, 1985.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), St. Peter's College, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Hampden-Sydney College, 1986. Doctor of Letters (honorary) (honorary), Miami University, 1983.

Doctor of Letters (honorary) (honorary), Franklin and Marshall College, 1984. Doctor of Letters (honorary) (honorary), Rider College, 1986. Distributed control system (honorary) (honorary), St. Bonaventure, 1986.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), University Aberdeen, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, 1986. Degree in International Entrepreneurship (honorary) (honorary), Armand Hammer United World College of America West.

Distributed control system (honorary) (honorary), Suffolk University, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Carnegie-Mellon University, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Centenary College, 1987.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), University Missouri, 1987. Doctor of Business Administration (honorary), Johnson & Wales College, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Southwestern Adventist College, 1987.

Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Spring Garden College, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), University Tampa, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Loyola College, 1988.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) (honorary), Wilkes College, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Syracuse University, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary) (honorary), Trenton College, 1988.

Doctor of Public Service and Business Leadership, Adams State College, 1988.

Career

Owner, public Fairfield Times (weekly), Lancaster, Ohio, 1941. With Lancaster Tribune (weekly), 1942. Associate public Forbes Magazine Business, New York City, 1946—1954, public, editor-in-chief, 1957—1990.

Vice president Forbes Inc., 1947—1964, president, 1964—1980, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1980—1990. Chairman board 60 Fifth Avenue corporation. President Forbes Trinchera Inc.

Chairman Fiji Forbes. Founder, president, public Nations Heritage (bi-monthly), 1948—1949. Chairman board Sangre de Cristo Ranches Inc.

1st person to fly coast-to-coast in the United States in hot air balloon. Set 6 world records in hot air ballooning, 1973. Founder world's 1st balloon museum Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy, France, 1973.

Made 1st free flight of hot air balloon over Beijing, also 1st motorcycle tour of People's Republican of China, 82. With infantry United States Army, 1942-1945.

Works

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  • They Went That-a-Way : How the Rich, the Famous and the Great Died

    (This book illuminates the unsolved mysteries, unexplained...)

  • More Than I Dreamed/a Lifetime of Collecting

    (Filled with stunning photos and engaging anecdotes, this ...)

  • The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm: The Capitalist's Handbook

    (Product Details Paperback: 124 pages Publisher: Harpercol...)

  • Malcolm Forbes Boxed Set: Around the World on Hot Air and Two Wheels / More Than I Dreamed-A Lifetime of Collecting

    (Boxed set of two of Malcolm Forbes' most popular books. B...)

  • Malcolm Forbes Boxed Set: Around the World on Hot Air and Two Wheels / More Than I Dreamed-A Lifetime of Collecting

    (Boxed set of two of Malcolm Forbes' most popular books. B...)

  • They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died

    (Non-Fiction, History, Short Stories)

  • The Further Sayings of Chairman Malcolm (Capitalist's Handbook, Vol 2)
  • The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm and the Further Sayings of Chairman Malcolm
  • The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm. The Capitalist's Handbook. / Further Sayings of Chairman Malcolm. 1978-1986. Paper in slipcase. Two volumes.
  • THE SAYINGS OF CHAIRMAN MALCOLM/ THE FURTHER SAYINGS OF CHAIRMAN MALCOLM
  • Around the World on Hot Air and Two Wheels
  • Malcolm Forbes Boxed Set: More than I Dreamed-A Lifetime of Collecting / Around the World on Hot Air and Two Wheels
  • They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died Reprint edition by Forbes, Malcolm (1989) Paperback
  • They Went That a Way
  • Malcolm Forbes Boxed Set: More than I Dreamed-A Lifetime of Collecting / Around the World on Hot Air and Two Wheels
  • More Than I Dreamed/a Lifetime of Collecting 1st edition by Forbes, Malcolm S., Clark, Tony (1989) Hardcover
  • More Than I Dreamed: Lifetime of Collecting by Malcolm Forbes (1-Jul-1990) Hardcover
  • They Went That-A-Way by Malcolm Forbes (1-Jun-1988) Hardcover
  • They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died First edition by Malcolm Forbes, Jeff Bloch (1988) Hardcover
  • They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died Hardcover - June, 1988
  • They Went That-a-way [How The Famous Died (Well over 100)]
  • TAVERNS AND STAGECOACHES OF NEW ENGLAND, Vol 2, Presenting More Facts and Interesting Comments on the Era of Stagecoach Service Over Rough and Bumpy Highways When the Hospitable Taverns Were Welcome Havens for Weary Travelers at the End of the Day's Journ
  • TAVERNS and STAGECOACHES OF NEW ENGLAND. Volume II. Presenting more facts & interesting comments on the era of stagecoach service over rough & bumpy highways when the hospitable taverns were welcome havens for weary travelers at the end of the day's journ

• Other Work

  • Author: (books) Fact and Comment, 1974, The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, 1978, Around the World on Hot Air and Two Wheels, 1985, The Further Sayings of Malcolm Forbes, 1986, They Went That-a-way, 1988, More Than I Dreamed: A Lifetime of Collecting, 1989.

Membership

Campaign chairman American Red Cross, Somerset Hills, New Jersey, 1949. Member Borough Council, Bernardsville, Princeton Art Council, 1973—1979. Senator State of New Jersey, 1952—1958.

New Jersey delegate-at-large Republican National Convention, 1960. Republican candidate for governor New Jersey, 1957. Vestryman Episcopal Church.

Board directors Naval War College, 1975—1977. Trustee St. Mark's School, 1976—1980, Princeton University, 1982, charter trustee, from 1986. Board directors Coast Guard Academy Foundation.

Chairman New Jersey Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 1976, 1978, 1979. Member of International Society Balloonpost Specialists, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Balloon Federation American (director 1974-1976), National Aeronautical Association (director, executive vice president), Asian Institute of Technology (trustee 1988), Pilgrims of the United States, Newcomen Society, Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Lighter than Air Society, St. Andrew's Society, 84th Infantry Division Association, Defense Orientation Conference Association, New Jersey History Society, International Balloonists Association, Explorers Club, Links Club, New York Yacht Club, New York Racquet and Tennis Club, Essex Fox Hound Club, Princeton Club, British Balloon and Airshop Club.

Connections

Married Roberta Remsen Laidlaw, September 21, 1946 (div. 1985); children: Malcolm Stevenson Junior, Robert Laidlaw, Christopher Charles, Timothy Carter, Moira Hamilton Forbes Mumma.

Father:

Bertie Charles Forbes

Mother:

Adelaide (Stevenson) Forbes

Spouse:

Roberta Remsen Laidlaw

child:

Malcolm Stevenson Junior Forbes

child:

Robert Laidlaw Forbes

child:

Christopher Charles Forbes

child:

Timothy Carter Forbes

child:

Moira Hamilton Forbes Mumma Forbes