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Leon Morton Jaroff (February 27, 1927 – October 20, 2012〔) was an American science writer and editor. He is credited with convincing Time Inc. to publish the science-based ''Discover'' magazine, of which he was the founding editor. After four years, he left ''Discover'' for an editor's position with ''Time'' Magazine. Jaroff's medical, scientific, behavioral and environmental stories were featured on ''Time's'' cover over 40 times.〔 His 1992 ''Time'' cover story "The Iceman's Secrets: the discovery of a frozen Stone Age man yields new clues about life in 3300 B.C." ranked second in overall sales for that year. Jaroff also wrote ''The New Genetics: The Human Genome Project and Its Impact on the Practice of Medicine''.〔 ==Background== Jaroff was born February 27, 1927, the son of Abraham and Ruth (Rockita) Jaroff.〔 His interest in journalism started at Central High School in Detroit, Michigan where he wrote a humor column for the school newspaper called "Rambling at Random".〔〔 He married Claire Lynn Fox in 1954 and had two sons and three daughters: Peter, Nicholas, Jill, Susan, Jennifer.〔〔 The marriage ended in divorce in 1975.〔 His marriage, in 1976, to Mary K. Moran 〔〔 lasted until his death in 2012. Jaroff attended the University of Michigan where he studied electrical engineering and mechanics. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1950.〔〔 While attending the university, Jaroff worked on the school newspaper, the ''Michigan Daily'', as managing editor.〔 During World War II, Jaroff served as an electronic technician's mate from 1944-1945 in the U.S. Navy.〔〔 Jaroff died October 20, 2012 in East Hampton, New York.〔 A memorial gathering in honor of Jaroff was held November 29, 2012 at the Time-Life Building in New York City.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leon Jaroff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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