He went from reporter to assistantmanaging editor at The Miami Herald in the 1950s and then became assistant executive editor at the Detroit Free Press.
In doing so, he (like Jack) must resolve reporting inconsistencies nation-to-nation and "mind the GAAP"--which is to say, adapt to accounting standards different from those of the U.S. companies Scott follows in pulling together the Global 2000 with assistantmanaging editor Steve Kichen each spring.
Credit the indomitable human spirit, as exemplified by the innovations chronicled in this issue, in an 85th-anniversary section supervised by Tom Post, assistantmanaging editor at FORBES. For most people at most times, life does get better, thanks to those who combine ideas with inventiveness or business pluck.