Background
Fine, Donald Irving was born on April 19, 1922 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Morris Seide and Kathleen (Perlis) Fine.
Fine, Donald Irving was born on April 19, 1922 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Morris Seide and Kathleen (Perlis) Fine.
AB, Harvard, 1944; Postgraduate, Columbia, 1947.
Managing editor Western Printing & Lithographing Company, 1951-1958. Editor in chief Popular Library., Inc., 1958-1960. Vice president, editor in chief Dell Public Company, Delacorte Press, 1960-1968.
Executive vice president, editor in chief Coward-McCann, Inc., 1968-1969. Founder, president, public Arbor House Public Company, New York City, 1969-1983. Founder, president Donald I. Fine Books (merged with Penguin United States of America), from 1983.
Active Nassau County Stevenson for President, 1952. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Harvard Club, Players Club.
Married Diana Northam in 1946 (divorced).