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- James H. McGraw James Herbert McGraw (December 17, 1860 in Harmony, New York – February 21, 1948) was co-founder of what is now McGraw-Hill Education. He was the president of McGraw-Hill from 1917 to 1928.
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James H. McGraw. James Herbert McGraw (December 17, 1860 in Harmony, New York – February 21, 1948) was co-founder of what is now McGraw-Hill Education. He was the president of McGraw-Hill from 1917 to 1928.
McGraw was the founder of both the magazine and book publishing empire. The firm originally specialized in publications for the technical field, but soon expanded into other disciplines, such as textbooks for colleges and high schools. McGraw publications have become synonymous with education.
Jul 1, 2015 · A former schoolteacher, James H. McGraw purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances in 1888, and 11 years later, he founded the McGraw Publishing Company. It merged with The Hill...
Executive summary: Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies. James H. McGraw worked as a teacher in upstate New York, and augmented his income by selling subscriptions and advertising for a trade periodical, American Journal of Railway Appliance.
- December 17, 1860
- February 21, 1948
- Beginnings: 1880s to 1915
- A New Era: 1916-28
- New Ventures: 1929-45
- After World War II: 1946-59
- Growth and Diversification: 1960-79
- Dawn of The Electronic Age: 1980-90
- Keeping The World Up to Speed: The 1990s
- A Mcgraw at The Helm: Late 1990s and Beyond
- Principal Subsidiaries
- Principal Operating Units
Born in 1858, John A. Hill—typesetter, silver prospector, newspaper publisher, and railroad engineer—came to the attention of the publisher of American Machinist with his contribution of letters and articles on practical aspects of railroading. When the publisher began Locomotive Engineering in 1888, Hill was his choice for editor. By 1889, Hill ha...
A more complete merger of the McGraw and Hill interests came in 1916 when John A. Hill died at the age of 57. Arthur Baldwin, Hill’s attorney, led Hill Publishing for a brief time following Hill’s death. McGraw became president of the book company; the two established the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company in 1917, with its offices located in the Hill ...
McGraw-Hill stock was first traded publicly in 1929. Just after the stock market crash that same year, The Business Week (as it was then known) predicted, in its November 2, 1929 issue, that “business will gradually and steadily recover as businessmen regain their perspective and go back to work.” Following this optimistic line of thought, McGraw-H...
After the war, the book company prospered under the presidency of Curtis G. Benjamin, who succeeded James S. Thompson, president for only two years. Benjamin developed a text-film department, a venture inspired by the use of educational films during World War II to supplement textbook materials. As teachers discovered the value of motion pictures a...
While Curtis Benjamin remained chairman of the board and CEO of the book company, Edward Booher, who had joined the company in 1936, became president in 1960. They doubled overall sales within five years, contributing 39 percent of the total income of the parent company in 1965. The F.W. Dodge Corporation, information provider to the construction i...
Dionne became president and CEO in 1983, while McGraw remained chairman. A former history teacher, Dionne proved a visionary intent on transforming McGraw-Hill from “a simple publishing company” into an “information turbine” for the digital age. Under this model, McGraw-Hill’s content would flow seamlessly throughout the company’s vast information-...
The early 1990s found McGraw-Hill growing steadily in its quest to provide information in a wide range of formats for persons of all ages. In 1993, the company bought out Macmillan’s half of the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company for $160.8 million, and by the following year McGraw-Hill’s three business segments—Educational and Profess...
When CEO Joe Dionne retired in 1998, he could look back on a 15-year record of innovation and growth. He was succeeded in April 1998 by Harold “Terry” McGraw, a great-grandson of the founder who had logged thirteen years at McGraw-Hill before ascending to president in 1993. Although McGraw’s climb to the top spot was viewed by some with skepticism,...
CM Research Inc.; Calificadora de Valores, S.A. de C.V.; Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, Inc.; Columbia Administration Software Publishing Corporation; Computer and Communications Information Group, Inc.; DRI Europe, Inc.; DRI/McGraw-Hill; Editora McGraw-hill de Portugal, Ltda.; Editorial Interamericana, S.A.; Editoriales Pedagogicals Associad...
McGraw-Hill Education (School Education Group: SRA/McGraw-Hill, Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, CTB/McGraw-Hill, McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing, Educators’ Professional Development, McGraw-Hill Digital Learning; Higher Education); Professional and International Group (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, McGraw Hill Hi...
McGraw Hill was founded in 1888, when James H. McGraw, co-founder of McGraw Hill, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899.
The development of McGraw-Hill, Inc. and its part in educational, industrial, and technical development in the US and abroad are traced in a series of interviews begining with the lives of James H. McGraw (1860-1948) and John A. Hill (1858-1912).
