Thomas Stanley Matthews ’22

TOM MATTHEWS died Jan. 4, 1991, of lung cancer at his home in Cavendish, England. He was born in Cincinnati, Oh., Jan. 16, 1901. He came to Princeton from St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.

After a degree from New College, Oxford, he started as a proofreader at the NEW REPUBLIC, and, in 1928, became an associate editor. He joined TIME magazine in 1929 and became books editor, assistant managing editor, executive editor, and succeeded Henry Luce, the creator of TIME magazine, as editor. "His major role in TIME's history was to civilize it," said a former senior editor. Since 1953, he pursued a freelance career in England, reviewing books for the N.Y. TIMES and writing some of his own, including an autobiography, NAME AND ADDRESS, MY AMERICA, and ANGELS UNAWARES: TWENTIETH CENTURY PORTRAITS.

He is survived by his widow, four sons, two sisters, eight grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren. He was a leader in new paths.

The Class of 1922