Background
Spence, Robert Leroy was born on September 13, 1931 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leroy Oliver and Esther Helen (Lau) Spence.
Spence, Robert Leroy was born on September 13, 1931 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leroy Oliver and Esther Helen (Lau) Spence.
Bachelor, Dickinson College, 1953. Postgrad, Temple University, 1957. Postgrad, Rutgers University, 1960.
Postgrad, University Pennsylvania, 1960.
Chairman department mathematics Haddon Heights High School, New Jersey, 1954-1962. Senior editor Silver Burdett Company, Morristown, 1962-1964. Editor-in-chief Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Incorporated, New York York City, 1964-1981.
Vice president, public Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1981-1985, Scribner Educational Publications division Macmillan, Incorporated, New York York City, 1985. President R&M Spence, Inc., Sparta, New Jersey, since 1985.
Member Association American Publications (member executive committee 1981-1984), National Council Teachers of Mathematics, International Reading Association, American Numismatic Association.
Married Barbara Amelia Hunter, September 1, 1954 (divorced September 1978). Children– Robert Roy, Bonnie Leigh. Married 2d, Maryanne Elizabeth Yacono, January 10, 1979.