ASME Honors John Mack Carter; "Hall of Fame" Recipient Inducted At National Magazine Awards Ceremony.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000 Trailblazing trail·blaz·ing adj. Suggestive of one that blazes a trail; setting out in a promising new direction; pioneering or innovative: trailblazing research; a trailblazing new technique. journalist John Mack John Mack can refer to:
He was honored during the 35th annual presentation of the National Magazine Awards, held on May 3 at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Waldorf-Astoria. Gene Shalit, arts & entertaiment editor of NBC's "The Today Show," presented the award to Mr. Carter. "Mr. Carter has spent the better part of his life editing, developing and enriching some of the most influential magazines in the country. He has changed not only the way Americans think of magazines, but the way we think of ourselves," said George E. Curry, newly elected ASME president and editor-in-chief of Emerge Magazine. "Moreover, he set standards of excellence that today's magazine editors continually strive to emulate." Mr. Carter came to Hearst from American Home For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. Publishing Company, where he served as chairman and editor-in-chief of American Home magazine. He is one of the few persons in publishing history who has been the chief editor of three of America's most influential women's magazines this is a list of women's magazines, magazines that have been published primarily for a readership of women. Currently published
U.S. monthly magazine, one of the oldest in the country and long the trendsetter among women's magazines. Founded in 1883 as a supplement to the Tribune and Farmer (1879–85), it began an independent publication in 1884. and McCall's. The combined readership of the magazines formerly edited by Mr. Carter is more than fifty million. Most recently, Mr. Carter was president of Hearst Magazines Enterprises. This subsidiary of Hearst Magazines was established in order to develop new magazine ventures both inside and outside of Hearst. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping since 1975. He was named to the additional post of director of magazine development for Hearst in October 1979. Under his aegis, Country Living, Country Living Gardener, Country Living's Healthy Living, Mr. Food's Easy Cooking, Rebecca's Garden, Victoria and SmartMoney magazines were created. In addition to his editorial and administrative responsibilities at Hearst, Mr. Carter contributed a monthly column on the magazine industry, "The Magazine Life," to Adweek for nine years. He also hosted the cable television program "Good Housekeeping's Better Way," which in 1984 received a Cable ACE nomination in the Outstanding Documentary Program category. His longtime commitment to changing unacceptable social conditions throughout the world has also earned Mr. Carter political prominence. He served on a number of Presidential commissions on human need. In 1976 he was a member of the National Commission for the Observance of International Women's Year International Women's Year (IWY) was the name given to 1975 by the United Nations. Since that year March 8 has been celebrated as International Women's Day[1], and the United Nations Decade for Women, from 1976-1985, was also established. , appointed by President Ford and reappointed by President Carter. Before that he served Presidents Kennedy and Johnson on various national commissions. In February 1979, he was asked to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. on behalf of equal rights for women and his conception of the enlarging role of women worldwide in the 1980s, and in June 1979, he was elected to the executive board of the Business Council for the United Nations' Office of the Decade for Women. A former president of ASME, Mr. Carter is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Magazine Publishers of America's Henry Johnson Henry Johnson could refer to:
ASME created the Hall of Fame Award in 1996 to celebrate the career-long records of excellence, creativity and impact of a select group of highly influential magazine journalists. Members of ASME submitted nominations for this award, and the recipient was selected and voted on by the ASME board of directors. The 2000 inductee will join the esteemed group of editors named to the Hall of Fame in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999: Helen Gurley Brown Helen Gurley Brown (b. February 18, 1922 in Green Forest, Arkansas), is an author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years. Brown's father died in an accident when she was young, and her sister was a polio victim. , former editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan; Sey Chassler, former editor-in-chief, Redbook; Byron Dobell, former editor, American Heritage; Osborn Elliott, former editor-in-chief, Newsweek; Clay Felker, founding editor, New York Magazine; Dennis Flanagan, former editor, Scientific American; Henry Anatole Grunwald, former managing editor, Time; Hugh M. Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief, Playboy; Stephen B. Shepard, editor-in-chief, Business Week; Gloria Steinem, founding editor, Ms. Magazine; Richard Stolley, founding editor, People; Jann Wenner, founding editor and publisher, Rolling Stone; and Ruth Whitney, former editor-in-chief, Glamour. |
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