Background
McCormack, Thomas Joseph was born on January 5, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Lena Carolyn (Allen) McCormack.
playwright publishing executive
McCormack, Thomas Joseph was born on January 5, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Lena Carolyn (Allen) McCormack.
Student, University Connecticut, 1950-1951; Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude (James Manning scholar), Brown U., 1954; postgraduate (G.H. Palmer scholar, Woodrow Wilson fellow), Harvard University, 1956.
Writer radio news, WSTC, Stamford, Connecticut, 1957-1959;
editor, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York City, 1959-1964;
editor, Harper & Row, New York City, 1964-1967;
education editor, New American Library, New York City, 1967-1969;
director trade department, St. Martin's Press, New York City, 1969-1970;
president, St. Martin's Press, 1970-1987;
chief Executive officer, editorial director, St. Martin's Press, 1970-1996;
chairman, St. Martin's Press, 1987-1997. President, Chairman of the Board St. James Press, Ltd., London, 1973-1979. Vice president, treas.Sandra D. McCormack, Inc.
(Interior Designer.). Chairman, chief Executive officer Tor Books, New York City, 1987-1996. Executive Committee Holtzbrinck GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, 1995-1997.
( "Lucid, thoughtfulÂ…writers and teachers will learn much...)
(Book by Thomas McCormack, McCormack, Tom)
Member Play Development Council, Manhattan Theater Club, 1995-2001, Dramatists Gild, since 1997. With Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member Association American Publications (director 1973-1976, freedom to read committee 1974-1977, Curtis Benjamin award 1997, LMP Lifetime Achievement award 1997), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: The Players (New York City), Century Association (New York City).
Married Sandra Harriet Danenberg, August 21, 1964. Children: Daniel Aaron, Jed Charles (deceased), Jessie Annual.