Lawrence (Laury) Minard, founding editor of FORBES GLOBAL, died Aug. 2 at the age of 51.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Laury Minard refused to write about Schumpeter in an academic or historic sense.

FORBES: Digital Rules

"Everybody wants to be ranked high, so now they code with quality in mind, " says Jayson Minard, the company's chief information officer.

FORBES: Technology

And here was Laury Minard, writing about some Austrian economist named Schumpeter.

FORBES: Digital Rules

He had a top lieutenant named Laury Minard, who in turn became the founding editor of FORBES' international edition--effectively my predecessor until his unexpected death in 2001.

FORBES: Magazine Article

When my predecessor, founding editor Laury Minard, died in the summer of 2001, some readers donated in his memory to an unusual charity that had captured his heart.

FORBES: Making the Grade

Cofounder Andrea Coleman wrote us last month to say that the Minard Fund had provided the means to bring down malaria deaths in the Binga district of Zimbabwe--where Laury visited--by 20%.

FORBES: Making the Grade

Personally, Laury Minard was great fun to be with.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

"That's part of our message -- to let the public realize we are not the Exxons and the Mobils, " said Fred Fesenmyer of Minard Run Oil, a Bradford, Pennsylvania, company that has been in his family for six generations.

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