Jason Donald McManus (March 3, 1934 – September 19, 2019) was an American journalist who served as Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. from 1987 to 1994.
[1] McManus, a 1956 graduate of Davidson College, became a Rhodes Scholar in 1958 after receiving a master's degree in public affairs from Princeton University.
In 1964 he shifted to editing, working in the World and Nation sections of the magazine, overseeing coverage of the Watergate scandal.
In the late 1970s, both McManus and Ray Cave were assistant managing editors at Time and began a professional rivalry internally.
[8] McManus served on the Council on Foreign Relations and was awarded an honorary degree from University of North Carolina, Asheville in 1991.