Background
Sheehan, Robert Wade was born on March 20, 1903 in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jeremiah Edward and Mary Anne (Coughlin) Sheehan.
Sheehan, Robert Wade was born on March 20, 1903 in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jeremiah Edward and Mary Anne (Coughlin) Sheehan.
Student New York Preparatory School, 1922, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1923-1925.
College correspondent Hartford Times, 1925. Assistant editor, The Spectator, insurance periodical, 1926-1929, associate editor, 1929-1935, managing editor, 1935-1940. Director publications public relations National Association Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 1940-1942.
Associate editor War Progress, confidential report of West Palm Beach, 1942-1943. Washington staff correspondent Time magazine, 1943-1945. Associate editor Fortune magazine, 1945-1959, member board editors 1959-1968.
Contributor articles to Fortune and other periodicals.
Member Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Dorothy Laden, April.