Background
Purdy, Theodore Martindale was born on September 22, 1903 in Short Hills, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore Martindale and Helen (Van Dyk) Purdy.
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Theodore Martindale Purdy
Edit ProfileEducation
Student St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1925. Student Sorbonne, also Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris, 1926-1927.
Career
Book reviewer, free-lance writer, New York City and London, 1933-1937. Associate editor Macmillan Company. New York City, 1937-1942.
Editor-in-chief Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1946-1950. Editor-in-chief G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York City, 1950, director, 1952-1959, vice president, 1953-1957. President Coward-McCann, Inc., 1957-1959.
Director Purdy-Carlisle-Dodds, Inc. Editor Meredith Press, 1961-1970. Contributing editor Hawthorn Books, also G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970-1979.
President American-Portuguese Cultural Society, 1970-1979.
Membership
Served to major Military Intelligence, C.E., 3d Army, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Clubs: Century, Yale, P.E.N. (New York City).
Connections
Married Elizabeth McKee, June 14, 1946.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian