Hiram Haydn

Background

Haydn, Hiram was born on November 3, 1907 in Cleveland. Son of Howell Merriman and Mary (Olmstead) Haydn.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1928. Master of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1938, Little Doctorate., 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1942.

Career

Rachel; married second, Mary Wescott Tuttle, June 5, 1945. Children—Michael Wescott, Jonathan Olmstead, Miranda Merriman. Instructor Hawken School Cleveland, 1928-1941.

Lecturer in English, Cleveland College, Western Reserve University, 1939-1941.

Assistant Professor of English, Woman’s College, U. North Carolina, 1942-1943, associate professor, 1943-1944. Executive secretary United Chapters

Phi Beta Kappa, 1944-1945. Associate editor Crown Publishers, 1945, editor-in-chief, 1948-1950.

New York editor Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1950-1954.

Senior editor Random House, 1955-1956, editor-in-chief, 1956-1959. Member Executive Committee Atheneum Publications, 1959-1964. Company-public Harcourt, Brace Javanovich Incorporated., Philadelphia, 1964-1973.

With New School for Social Research, 1947-1960.

Visiting professor communications University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1966, professor communications, Annenberg School Communications, 1966.

Achievements

• Hiram Haydn has been listed as a notable editor, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Executive Committee Atheneum Publications, 1959-1964. Fellow Center Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, 1964. Language Association, American Association University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Rachel Hutchinson Norris, September 14, 1935. Married second, Mary Wescott Tuttle, June 5, 1945. Children: Michael Wescott, Jonathan Olmstead, Miranda Merriman.

Father:

Howell Merriman Haydn

Mother:

Mary (Olmstead) Haydn

Spouse:

Rachel Hutchinson Norris

Spouse:

Mary Wescott Tuttle

child:

Miranda Merriman Haydn

child:

Michael Wescott Haydn

child:

Jonathan Olmstead Haydn