Background
Booher, Edward E. was born on July 29, 1911 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Wilfred Elsworth and Cora Maybelle (Middlestader) Booher.
Booher, Edward E. was born on July 29, 1911 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Wilfred Elsworth and Cora Maybelle (Middlestader) Booher.
Bachelor of Arts, Antioch College, 1936; Doctor Humanities and Literature (honorary), Rutgers University, 1979.
Interviewer, secretary, New York State Employment Service, New York City, 1935;
joined, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1936;
became vice president, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1944;
also board directors, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1951;
executive vice president, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954-1960;
president, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1960-1968;
Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1968-1970;
president books and education services group, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1970-1976;
director, National Enquiry Into the Production and Dissemination of Scholarly Knowledge, American Council Learned Socs., 1976-1978;
publishing consultant, from 1978. President Holtzbrinck Public Group. Board directors Scholastica mags, Science American magazine, Henry Holt & Company, W.H. Freeman & Company.
Chairman Motown Publishing Group.
Member of Century, Nassau.
Married Agnes Martin Whitaker, 1961.