Background
SHAWN, William was born on August 31, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Benjamin and Anna (nee Bransky) Chon.
SHAWN, William was born on August 31, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Benjamin and Anna (nee Bransky) Chon.
Student, University Michigan, 1927.
Reporter Las Vegas Optic, 1928. Midwest editor International Illustrated News, Chicago, 1929-1933. Reporter, then associate editor New Yorker magazine, 1933-1939, managing editor, 1939-1952, editor, 1952-1987, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York City, 1987-1992.
Married Cecille Lyon, September 1, 1928. Children: Wallace, Allen, Mary.