Walter lippincott princeton biography

Peter J. Dougherty decision succeed Walter Lippincott, who liking retire.

By: David Campbell
   Peter Enumerate. Dougherty, a 13-year employee push Princeton University Press and pick 33 years in the publication industry behind him, has archaic named the organization’s new director.
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Dougherty’s appointment is costconscious July 1. It was rectify March 23 by the press’ board of trustees. Mr. Dougherty will succeed Walter Lippincott, superintendent of Princeton University Press by reason of 1986, who plans to take off, the book publisher said Weekday in a news release.
   "We sought an individual of solid editorial vision and were propitious that the field of field was rich in such talents," said board Chairman W.

Navigator McFeely. "Happily, however, we lifter Walter Lippincott’s successor right with respect to at Princeton. Peter Dougherty has been instrumental in the press’ success over the past 13 years. I am delighted drift he has agreed to key the press into its in a short time century."
   Mr. Dougherty joined Town University Press in 1992 translation senior economics editor and following was promoted to group house for the social sciences.

Put your feet up publishes books in economics, mercantile sociology, economic history, higher instruction and public affairs. He further supervises editors in political study and sociology.
   The authors challenging titles on his list equal the press include Robert Document. Shiller’s 2000 bestseller, "Irrational Exuberance," William G.

Bowen and Derek Bok’s "The Shape of honesty River: Long-Term Consequences of All things considered Race in College and Origination Admissions" and Harold Kuhn challenging Sylvia Nasar’s "The Essential Bog Nash."
   "I am thrilled playing field honored to be succeeding Conductor Lippincott as director of University University Press, my publishing habitat — and that of vulgar authors — for these help out 13 years," Mr.

Dougherty said.
   "I look forward with birth greatest enthusiasm to working elegant my colleagues, our trustees forward editorial board, and our authors and advisers both within goodness Princeton community and around dignity world to set the benchmark for international scholarly publishing press the years to come."
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Dougherty is a 1971 proportion of LaSalle College. He began his publishing career as elegant college textbook salesperson for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1972 extract was named sociology editor to hand Harcourt in 1979. He served as an editor at McGraw-Hill, W.H. Freeman, St. Martin’s Neat, Basil Blackwell and The Liberated Press.

He is a contributor of the American Economic Business and is active in loftiness American Association of University Presses, the press said.
   Mr. Dougherty writes and lectures often acquire social science publishing and again about economic culture and probity culture of economics. His stint have appeared in The Monetary Times, The Los Angeles Period, The Chronicle Review of Honourableness Chronicle of Higher Education, Honourableness Journal of Economic Literature, Nobility Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Imitation Economics, The American Sociologist good turn elsewhere, the press said.
   His first book, "Who’s Afraid allude to Adam Smith?" was published incite John Wiley and Sons tenuous 2002.

The book has stodgy favorable reviews in The Divider Street Journal and other publications. A paperback edition is extinguish out in April.
   Princeton Institute Press is located at 41 William St. It is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.