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 James Herbert McGraw (December 17, 1860 in Harmony, New York
Harmony is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 2,108 at the 2020 census. The town is on the south border of the county and southwest of Jamestown.
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and his wife, Mildred. His son is former CEO
Harold McGraw III
Harold Whittlesey "Terry" McGraw III (born August 30, 1948) is an American businessman and is the chairman emeritus of McGraw Hill Financial (now S&P Global and formerly McGraw-Hill Companies).
He served as chief executive officer of the company ...
. Harold McGraw Jr. was a captain in the
United States Army Air Forces 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
The National Building Museum is located at 401 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning". It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private Non-profit org ...
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References
External links
McGraw-Hill CompaniesList 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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