Alfred Lansing

An American journalist who wrote for Collier's, among other magazines and was later an editor for Time, Inc. Books.Alfred Lansing served in the US Navy from 1940-46. He received the Purple Heart for his wartime service. Later he attended North Park College, 1946-48, Northwestern University, 1948-50. Lansing became a member of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England in 1957.