Aida DiPace Donald

Background

Donald, Aida DiPace was born on April 19, 1930 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Victor E. and Bessie DiPace.

Education

AB cum laude, Barnard College, 1952; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1961.

Career

Instructor history department, Columbia University, New York City, 1955-1956; editor, Massachusetts History Society, Boston, 1960-1964; editor, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1972-1973; social science editor, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1979; executive editor, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1989; editor in chief, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1989; assistant director, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991.

Achievements

• Aida DiPace Donald has been listed as a noteworthy Publishing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier

Membership

Fellow American Association of University Women. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians.

Interests

• Avocations: writing, tennis, first editions, antique silver, coins.

Connections

Married David Herbert Donald. 1 child, Bruce Randall.

Father:

Victor E.

Mother:

Bessie DiPace

Spouse:

David Herbert Donald

child:

Bruce Randall Donald