Awarded the Senior Academic Achievement Award in his junior year, 1939
Dartmouth College, 1944
B.A. in History, Economics, and Political Science
Dragon Honor Society

U.S. Navy underwater demolition specialist; Frogman in World War II
Joined John Wiley & Sons in 1946; named Vice President in 1950

• Instrumental in establishing overseas markets for American books

Director, Crowell Collier and Macmillan Company, Inc., 1957 to 1961

• Developed the Library Division into the largest in the industry
• Initiated the first U.S. original published English as a Second Language program

President, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1961
President, Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 1966
President, Halsted Press, John Wiley & Sons, 1972
Chairman, Basil Blackwell, Inc., 1984 to 1992

Trustee, Englewood School for Boys, 1952 to 1972
President, Board of Trustees, Englewood School for Boys, 1967 to 1969
Member, YPO (Young Presidents Organization)
Trustee, Englewood Public Library

Devoted husband of Madeleine (“Terry”) for 60 years
Father of Kathleen, Dwight ’66, and triplet sons Peter, William, and Jeffrey, ESB ’69
Son of Pauline Dickinson, Dwight ’15; brother of Florence Sullivan, Dwight ’44
Competitive tennis, squash, and paddle-tennis player; swimmer, horseback rider, world traveler, avid reader, bon vivant