Background

Melcher, Daniel was born on July 10, 1912 in Newton Center, Massachusetts, United States.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1934.

Career

Publicity assistant, George Allen & Unwin, publications, London, 1934-1935; student public methods, London & Leipzig, 1935; with publicity, editorial work and sales, Henry Holt & Company, 1936; advertising manager, University of Oxford Press, 1937-1939; general manager, Alliance Book Corporation, 1939-1940; with school, library, bookstore and mail-order sales promotion, Viking Press, New York City, 1940-1942; publications consultant, War Finance division United States Treasury Dept, Washington, 1942-1943; national director Education Section, War Finance division United States Treasury Dept, Washington, 1943-1945; director, National Committee on Atomic Information, Washington, 1946; general manager, board directors, R.R. Bowker Company vice president, R.R. Bowker Company, 1959-1963; president, R.R. Bowker Company, 1963-1968; chairman, R.R. Bowker Company, 1968-1969; president, Jacques Cattell Press, 1961-1967; Chairman of the Board, Gale Research Company, Detroit and New York City, 1971-1973.

Achievements

• Daniel Melcher has been listed as a noteworthy publishing consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Printing and Promotion Handbook

    (Book by Melcher, D., Larrick, Nancy)

  • Melcher on Acquisition

    (First edition. Practical manual on library acquisition. J...)

  • Printing&Promotion Handbook
  • Printing and promotion Handbook

Membership

Trustee Montclair Public Library, 1972-1973. Board directors Institutions for Achievement Human Potential, Philadelphia, 1969-1985. Member American Library Association (county 1972-1974).

Connections

Son of Frederic Gershom and Marguerite (Fellows) M. Married Peggy Zimmerman, February 19, 1937 (deceased February 1967). 1 child, Frederic G. II.

Married Margaret Saul, October 3, 1967.

Father:

Frederic Gershom Melcher

Mother:

Marguerite (Fellows) Melcher

Spouse:

Margaret Saul

Spouse:

Peggy Zimmerman

child:

Frederic G. II Melcher