Sidney Harman: An Extraordinary Life by Jonathan Alter
Philanthropist, triumphant entrepreneur, government servant and steward of journalism, Sidney Harman, executive chairman of The Newsweek Daily Beast Co., died last night. Jonathan Alter on the remarkable 92 years of a true polymath who built one of America's great companies.
President Jimmy Carter, center, watches as his appointees are sworn-in during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden in Washington on April 21, 1977. Sidney Harman, undersecretary of Commerce, is fifth from right. (AP Photo),CB
