Lance Morrow

Lance Thomas Morrow (September 21, 1939 – November 29, 2024) was an American essayist and writer, chiefly for Time magazine, as well as the author of several books. He won the 1981 National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism and was a finalist for the same award in 1991. He had the distinction of writing more "Man of the Year" articles than any other writer in the magazine's history and appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and The O'Reilly Factor. He was a professor of journalism and University Professor at Boston University.

Early life Lance Thomas Morrow was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1939, and was raised in Washington D.C., where he attended Gonzaga College High School. His father, Hugh Morrow, was for many years a chief aide to New York Governor and later Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Morrow graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1963 with a BA in English literature.

Morrow was a professor at Boston University from 1996 to 2006, when he was asked to write the authorized biography of Henry Luce, the founder of Time magazine. He also contributed columns for The Wall Street Journal, and continued to write until the last months of his life.

Personal life and death Morrow lived in Spencertown, New York with his wife, Susan Brind Morrow, who is also an author. They married in 1988 after the dissolution of his first marriage, to Brooke Wayne. He and Wayne had two sons. His cousin was the science fiction writer James K. Morrow.

Beginning when he was 36, Morrow had four heart attacks during his life. After his second, when he was 53, he wrote a memoir entitled Heart.

Lance Morrow died at home from prostate cancer on November 29, 2024, at the age of 85.