Davan Maharaj
Scott LeRoyIf you go
› What: Legends and Leaders Dinner› Where: Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, 1511 Riverview Road› When: 6 p.m. Friday, May 6› Tickets: $30 per personReservations: Required by Tuesday, May 3› For more information: 423-425-4785
Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief and publisher of the Los Angeles Times Media Group, will be honored as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s 2016 Distinguished Alumnus during the annual Legends and Leaders Dinner on Friday, May 6, at the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.
Also during the awards banquet, Scott LeRoy will receive the university’s Outstanding Service Award.
Maharaj, a 26-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times, added publisher to his title in March 2016. He was named editor and executive vice president in 2011 after serving as managing editor for three years. Prior to that he was an assistant foreign editor, deputy business editor then business editor of the paper.
He currently oversees the largest daily news-gathering organization in the West. It includes the flagship Los Angeles Times and latimes.com; Times Community News, which consists of six suburban daily and weekly newspapers and websites, and the Spanish-language Hoy and Fin de Semana newspapers and websites.