John McDonald (journalist)

John Dennis McDonald (December 5, 1906 โ€“ December 23, 1998) was an American journalist, writer, editor, business historian, fisherman, and horse racing enthusiast.

After being a radical Trotzkyite in the 1930s, McDonald joined Fortune magazine's staff in 1945, writing articles and later books about, among other topics, business, economics, games and gambling, and fly fishing.

Awards

References

  1. "Ex-Fortune editor hailed". The Argus. Vol. XIV, no. 182. UPI. October 27, 1976. p. 21. Retrieved February 27, 2019 โ€“ via Newspapers.com.

John McDonald Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.


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