John Robertson Dunlap (1857 – June 5, 1937) was an American journalist, editor and publisher of engineering magazines and books."John Dunlap dead: Long a publisher", ''The New York Times'', June 6, 1937: He is known as founder of the '' Engineering Magazine'' in 1891, which in the early 20th century became the "quality magazine in the field of business management."

Biography

Born in

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to Henry Clay and La Belle Boyce Dunlap, Dunlap attended Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia. He started working in civil engineering at the age of 18 in 1873. Dunlap came into prominence as president and general manager of the '' Daily Louisville Commercial'' in 1884, a journal published in Louisville, Kentucky from 1869 to 1902. In 1889 he moved to New York City, where he started his first magazine ''The India Rubber World'', nowadays ''The India Rubber World and Electrical Trades Review'', or shortly ''Rubber World''.Jill Rohrer,
125th Anniversary celebrated
, ''Rubber World'', January 2014. He also founded the magazine ''Hardware'' in 1890, The '' Engineering Magazine'' in 1891, and The ''Engineering Index'' in 1895. The ''Engineering Magazine'' was renamed ''Industrial Management'' in 1916, and in 1917 the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing ...

acquired the ''Engineering Index''. In 1921 Dunlap started his last great project the ''Industry Illustrated'' magazine. In 1891 Dunlap had founded the Engineering Magazine Company in New York, and became its chairman of the board. Around 1917 this company merged into the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc. The Engineering Magazine Co also published over 40 books on industrial management issues, most noted the "Ford Methods and Ford Shops" by

Horace L. Arnold Horace Lucian Arnold (June 25, 1837 – January 25, 1915Editorial comment
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and Fay L. Fauroto, which offered the first full description of Henry Ford's work.

Selected publications

* Dunlap, John R. et al. (eds.).
Engineering Magazine
'. New York, The Engineering Magazine Co., 1891-1916 * Dunlap, John R. et al. (eds.).
Industrial management; the engineering magazine
'. New York, The Engineering Magazine Co., 1916-1927 * Dunlap, John R.,

Arthur Van Vlissingen Arthur Van Vlissingen Jr. (November 22, 1894 - October 20, 1986) was an American writer and bureau chief for ''Business Week'' and '' Newsweek,'' noted as editor of the ''Factory and Industrial Management'' journal."Writer Arthur Van Vlissingen : He ...

, and

John M. Carmody John Michael Carmody (November 1, 1881 – November 11, 1963) was an American administrator, noted as editor of ''Factory and Industrial Management,'' and as administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration and the Federal Works Agen ...

(eds.). ''Factory and industrial management'', New York, The Engineering Magazine Co., 1928-1929

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