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JOHN S. CONNORS 
1925-1984 

Jack saw life as a challenge, filled with opportunities for love and friendship, strife and resolution. He dared to succeed where others might hesitate. He inspired and he energized. He recognized talent and sought out the best in the many lives he touched. For those of us who knew him, his memory will remain as vibrant as the man he was. 

Jack was President of the American Express Publishing Corporation and Publisher of its two magazines. He was named Publisher of Travel & Leisure in 1971 and is credited with developing the publication into the leading travel magazine. 

In 1980 when Food & Wine became affiliated with American Express Publishing Corporation, he became its Publisher as well. During his career, he also published Psychology Today and Holiday magazines. 

Jack began his career as an advertising representative with the The Daily News. Later he worked in the advertising departments of The New York Post and The American Weekly. He joined the Curtis Publishing Company in 1960 as an advertising representative in New York for the Saturday Evening Post and rose to advertising director and vice president of the company. He became Publisher of the Holiday magazine in 1967. 

A graduate of Michigan State University, Jack attended West Point and served in World War II with the United States Army. 

Jack was chairman of the Tourism, Travel and Transportation Advisory Committee to the New School of Social Research, and a member of the New York City Commission on the Status of Women. 

He was also a board member of New York Urban League,Magazine Publishers' Association, Essence Communications, Caribbean Tourism Association, and Africa Travel Association. 

In addition, he was an active member of American Society of Travel Agents, Pacific Area Travel Association, European Travel Commission, Travel Industry Association of Canada, and his college fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. 

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