Background
Lippincott,, Joseph Wharton was born on October 2, 1914 in Bethayres, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Wharton and Elizabeth Schuyler (Mills) Lippincott.
Lippincott,, Joseph Wharton was born on October 2, 1914 in Bethayres, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Wharton and Elizabeth Schuyler (Mills) Lippincott.
Student, St. Paul's School, 1933. Student, Princeton, 1937.
With J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1937-1978, director, 1940-1978, secretary, 1942-1946, executive vice president, 1953-1958, president, 1958-1978, chairman board, 1974-1978. Secretary Medical Science, Inc., 1956-1968. Vice president, director A.J. Holman Company, 1962-1973, chairman board, 1973-1978.
Director Harper & Row Publications, Inc.
Trustee Ludington Public Library, Free Library Philadelphia. Board directors American Educational Publications Institute, 1967-1970, University Pennsylvania Press, 1971-1976, Urban Libraries Council, 1978-1987. Served with American Field Service, 1943-1945.
Member American Book Publications Council (director 1962-1965), Booksellers Association Philadelphia (director 1960-1966, president 1964-1965), American Library Association (council 1968-1972), History Society Pennsylvania (director 1966-1978), Pennsylvania Society Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Franklin Inn, Wilderness (Philadelphia). Merion Cricket (Haverford).
Field (Sarasota, Florida). Princeton (New York City).
Married Josephine Drexel Henry, 1937 (divorced). 1 child, Elizabeth Seton. Married Marie Louise Beck, December 8, 1950.
1 child, Joseph Wharton III.