Background
Sloane, William was born on August 15, 1906 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Curtis and Julia Larned (Moss) Sloane.
Sloane, William was born on August 15, 1906 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Curtis and Julia Larned (Moss) Sloane.
Graduate The Hill School, 1925. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1929.
In play department Longmans, Green & Company. New York City, 1929-1931, editor department, 1931. Manager Fitzgerald Public Company, 1932-1937.
Associate editor Farrar & Rinehart, 1937-1938, manager trade department Henry Holt & Company, 1939-1946, vice president, 1944-1946.
President William Sloane Associates, Incorporated. 1946-1952; editorial director Funk & Wagnalls Company and Wilfred Funk, Incorporated., 1952-1955.
Director Rutgers University Press, 1955-1974. Director Council on Books in Wartime.
Chairman editorial committee Armed Services Edits.
Emissary Book Public Bureau and United States O.W.I. to China, 1943-1944. Representative Book Publications Committee sent to Germany, 1948. Executive Committee Association American U. Presses, 1961-1962, vice president, 1966-1967, president, 1969-1970.
Staff Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 1944-1972.
Member Government Advisory Committee on Library Programs, 1967-1970. Chairman literature committee Commision on Arts in New Jersey, 1966.
Chairman public committee Association Press, 1969-1973, Phi Beta Kappa.
Member Government Advisory Committee on Library Programs, 1967-1970. Clubs: Publishers Lunch, Princeton Charter, Players (New York City).
Married Julia Hawkins, September 8, 1930. Children: William Curtis, Jessie Miranda (Mistress John East. Steely, Junior.