Harold Whittlesey McGraw Jr. (January 10, 1918 – March 24, 2010) was
chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...
(CEO) of
Mcgraw-Hill
McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes refere ...
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. Harold McGraw Jr. was a captain in the
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
during World War II. He joined McGraw-Hill in 1947 and retired in 1988.
Howard McGraw, former McGraw-Hill CEO, dies at 92
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Awards and honors
Recipient of the 1999 Honor Award from the National Building Museum.
References
External links
McGraw-Hill Companies
List of Honor Award Winners
1918 births
2010 deaths
American publishing chief executives
American publishers (people)
Businesspeople from New York City
People from Darien, Connecticut
Princeton University alumni
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Lawrenceville School alumni
20th-century American businesspeople
United States Army Air Forces officers
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