Donald C. McGraw
Encyclopedia
Donald Cushing McGraw was an American
President of McGraw-Hill
from 1953 to 1966. During his time as president, he expanded the company beyond publishing and acquired three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor's
, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and Platts
. Between 1956 and 1960, McGraw-Hill was one of America's Top 50 performing companies.
. He joined his father's company in 1919.
McGraw's brother Curtis McGraw was serving as President when he died suddenly in September 1953, and Donald had to take over as company President. Under Donald the company opened offices in Virginia in 1957, and the Hightstown Distribution Center was opened in New Jersey in 1958. The F.W. Dodge Corporation was acquired in 1961, and he established a foreign language publishing unit in 1963. McGraw retired as President and Chairman in 1968. He was succeeded by Shelton Fisher.
McGraw died in Boynton Beach, Florida
.
United States
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President of McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
from 1953 to 1966. During his time as president, he expanded the company beyond publishing and acquired three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's is a United States-based financial services company. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is well known for its stock-market indices, the US-based S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200, the Canadian...
, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and Platts
Platts
Platts is a provider of energy and metals information and a source of benchmark price assessments in the physical energy markets. Platts was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1909 by Warren C...
. Between 1956 and 1960, McGraw-Hill was one of America's Top 50 performing companies.
Life and career
McGraw was born in New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He joined his father's company in 1919.
McGraw's brother Curtis McGraw was serving as President when he died suddenly in September 1953, and Donald had to take over as company President. Under Donald the company opened offices in Virginia in 1957, and the Hightstown Distribution Center was opened in New Jersey in 1958. The F.W. Dodge Corporation was acquired in 1961, and he established a foreign language publishing unit in 1963. McGraw retired as President and Chairman in 1968. He was succeeded by Shelton Fisher.
McGraw died in Boynton Beach, Florida
Boynton Beach, Florida
Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 60,389 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the city had a population of 66,714 according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research...
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External links
- Donald C. McGraw via Harvard Business School 20th Century American Leaders