| Birth | 1898 | Shantung Province, China | | | |
| Education | 1908 | attended Chefoo School - Chefoo, Yantai, China | | | |
| Education | 1912 | attended St. Alban's School, located north of London - England | | | |
| Education | 1913 | at Hotchkiss School - Lakeville, Litchfield County, Connecticut | | | |
| Education | 1920 | Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Education | 1920 | Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Education | 1921 | Oxford University - Oxford, England | | | |
| Occupation | 1921 | reporter for the Chicago Daily News and Baltimore Sun | | | |
| Marriage | 1923 | Living | | | |
| Occupation | 1923 | publisher and founder of Time magazine | | | |
| Marriage | 1935 | Living | | | |
| Occupation | 1936 | publisher and founder of Life magazine | | | |
| Occupation | 1938 | editorial director of Time Inc. - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1940 | was organizer of United China Relief | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1940 | was organizer of United China Relief | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1944 | initiated the Commission on Freedom of the Press | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1947 | awarded the Order of Auspicious Star - China | | | |
| Occupation | 1952 | founder of House & Home magazine | | | |
| Occupation | 1954 | publisher and founder of Sports Illustrated | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1963 | bought and held on to the JFK Zapruder film | | | |
| Death | 1967 | | | | |