Luce, Henry, III, 1925-2005

Henry Luce III (1925-2005) was born in New York City in 1925, the elder son of Henry Robinson Luce, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Time Inc., and Lila Hotz Tyng. He served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from Yale University. He worked for Time Inc. for thirty years, as publisher of Fortune and Time magazines and a member of the board of directors for Time Inc. and then Time Warner. From 1958 to 1990, he served as president of the Henry Luce Foundation, which was founded by his father in 1936. From 1990 to 2002, he served as the Foundation's chairman and C.E.O. He and his wife, Leila Hadley Luce, had two children, Lila Frances Luce and H. Christopher Luce. He died on September 8, 2005.

From the description of Luce, Henry, 1925-2005 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10616051