It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that Roy Rowan has died.
Mr. Rowan was the author of Chasing the Dragon: A Veteran Journalist's Firsthand Account of the 1949 Chinese Revolution. But he was more -much more. Rowan was a living witness to one of China's most tumultuous historical periods as a reporter for Time, Life and Fortune magazines.
Accompanied by Mr. Liming Guan of the New York City-based China Press, we met Roy Rowan at his Steamboat Road, Greenwich, Connecticut home in June. It turns out that our interview with Roy Rowan would be his last.
Go to this link to listen to that interview broadcast from AM1490 WGCH and anywhere on WGCH.com.
Arrangements are pending. I will keep you updated on when and where you will be able to pay your respects to a remarkable journalist, historian and family man. My condolences to Roy Rowan's family and friends who will miss him -as will I.
Jeffrey Bingham Mead, Host
Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim
AM1490 WGCH and WGCH.com
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