Background
Mayer, Sydney L. was born on August 2, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Sidney L. and Elizabeth Madeleine (Sandorf) Mayer.
(THE UNTOLD STORY OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (First Edition-1954...)
THE UNTOLD STORY OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (First Edition-1954)...hardcover with dust jacket...533 pages. MACARTHUR IN JAPAN (First Printing-1973)...softcover...'Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent History-War Leader Book No. 19'...160 pages. THE LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1964-Probable First Edition)...softcover...D1408..."Told in extraordinary photographs and in memorable words"...127 pages.
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historian publishing executive
Mayer, Sydney L. was born on August 2, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Sidney L. and Elizabeth Madeleine (Sandorf) Mayer.
Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1962; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1963; student, Yale University, 1963-1965; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1986.
Lecturer in history, U. Maryland., London, England., 1966-1977; visiting assistant professor international relations, University of Southern California, London, 1969-1977; executive editor History of The Purnell's Second World War, First World War, British Printing Corporation, London, 1968-1969, 69-72; consultant editor, History of the Violent Century, Ballantine Books, London, 1969-1973; publisher, Bison Books, Ltd., London, 1974-1995; president, Brompton Books Corporation, Greenwich, Connecticut, since 1982; president, Twin Books Corporation, Greenwich, since 1985; director, Twin Books (United Kingdom) Ltd., London, 1987-1995; chairman, Mayer Music Company, since 1996; managing director, Marlborough Prodns., since 1997.
(THE UNTOLD STORY OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (First Edition-1954...)
(Great reference book about MacArthur in Japan)
Fellow Royal Geography Society, Institute Dirs. Mem Angell Society-University of Michigan, Savage Club (London), Oxford and Cambridge Club (London), Yale Club (New York, London).
Married Charlotte M.W. Bouter, July 10, 1970 (divorced December 1988). Children: Patrick Michael (deceased).