Malcolm Muir

Malcolm Muir (1885 - January 30, 1979) was a U.S. magazine industrialist.

Biography

Muir was born in New York City. He served as president of McGraw-Hill Publishing from 1928 to 1937. During his tenure as president, he helped create BusinessWeek magazine in 1929, the same year that McGraw-Hill stock was publicly traded for the first time.

The first issue of The Business Week, the original title of BusinessWeek, was published on September 7, 1929, a mere seven weeks before the stock market crash that signalled the beginning of the Great Depression. Muir is quoted as saying: "The Business Week will never be content to be a mere chronicle of events. It aims always to interpret their significance... The Business Week always has a point of view, and usually a strong opinion, both of which it does not hesitate to express. And all the way through, we hope you will discover it is possible to write sanely and intelligently of business without being pompous or ponderous."

Muir served as the editor-in-chief and president of Newsweek magazine between 1937 and 1959. He was responsible for changing the four-year-old News-Week magazine's name to Newsweek and introducing international editions. He was named honorary chairman of the board when the Washington Post Company bought the magazine in 1961.

Malcolm Muir (judge)

Malcolm Muir (October 20, 1914 – July 22, 2011) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Muir received a B.A. from Lehigh University in 1935 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1938. He was in private practice in Williamsport, Pennsylvania from 1938 to 1942. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1945, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. He thereafter returned to private practice in Williamsport until 1970.

On September 28, 1970, Muir was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1970, and received his commission on October 14, 1970. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1984. On July 22, 2011, Muir died at the age of 96.

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