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About. Since its creation, the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education has recognized and celebrated more than 100 remarkable leaders in all areas of education who have had a profound and lasting impact on our world. In 2020, the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation selected the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education as the ...
- Trailblazers in education honored with the 2024 Harold W ...
Edmund W. Gordon, Robert Lerman and Jody Lewen selected for...
- The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education
The McGraw Prize was established in 1988 by the Board of...
- Trailblazers in education honored with the 2024 Harold W ...
- About The Harold W. Mcgraw, Jr. Family Foundation
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The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation was started in 2010 by Suzanne, Terry and Bob McGraw to honor their father, the former chairman and chief executive of McGraw-Hill, the publishing and financial services company that owned BusinessWeekmagazine for 80 years. Mr. McGraw died in 2010. The Foundation makes grants to institutions and causes im...
TheCraig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York in midtown Manhattan is the only publicly supported graduate journalism school in the Northeast. Opened in 2006 under Founding Dean Stephen B. Shepard, who served for more than 20 years as editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek , the School offers a 16-month Master of Arts i...
The City University of New Yorkis the nation’s leading urban public university. Founded in New York City in 1847, the University comprises 24 institutions: 11 senior colleges, seven community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the CUNY Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY Sch...
The McGraw Prize was established in 1988 by the Board of Directors of McGraw-Hill to honor Harold W. McGraw, Jr., the Chair and CEO. Throughout his life and building on his grandfather’s legacy as a teacher, Mr. McGraw was a vocal and vigorous advocate for education. He believed that society needed to celebrate the role of educators.
Mar 10, 2015 · Harold Whittlesey McGraw, Jr. (January 10, 1918 – March 24, 2010) was chief executive officer (CEO) of Mcgraw-Hill from 1975 to 1983. He was the eldest of two sons born to Harold, Sr. & Louise (née Higgins) McGraw and grandson of McGraw-Hill’s co-founder James H. McGraw and his wife, Mildred. His son is former CEO Harold McGraw III.
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Sep 17, 2024 · Edmund W. Gordon, Robert Lerman and Jody Lewen selected for outstanding achievement in pre-K–12, lifelong learning and higher education. PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 17, 2024) — Three visionary leaders who have revolutionized the landscape of education are being celebrated as the 2024 recipients of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education is awarded annually by the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation and University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) to recognize outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education through new approaches and whose accomplishments are making a difference in Pre-K-12 education, higher education, and ...
Our new Center for Business Journalism is named for one of the great gentleman publishers of the 20th century: Harold W. McGraw, Jr ., the former CEO and chairman of McGraw-Hill, who died in 2010 at age 92. I was privileged to know Harold during the 20 years I served as editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek, then owned by McGraw-Hill.
