Background
Russak, Ben was born in 1912 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
Russak, Ben was born in 1912 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.
European director United States International Book Association, Paris and Stockholm, 1946. Resident European representative The Russak Group American Public (Van Nostrand, Harper, Viking, Knopf, Harcourt, and Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell university presses), 1947-1960. Founder, president American Elsevier Public Company, New York City, 1961-1971, Crane Russak & Company, Incorporated, New York York City, 1972-1987.
Member Science Information Task Force National Science Foundation, Washington, 1977-1978. Member advisory committee Information Science and Technology, 1979, Committee Behavioral-Linguistics-Physiological Aspects Information Science, 1979. Served with United States Army, 1942-1945.
Member Association American Publications (chairman executive council division 1971-1972), International Publications Association, Society Scholarly Public, American Mathematics Society, American Physical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Marine Technology Society, Coastal Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Clubs: Publishers Lunch (New York City). Cosmos (Washington).
Married Margaret Sperry, August 4, 1935.