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W.W. Norton & Company Inc.

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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$100.0M

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W. W. Norton & Company, the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees, strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to "publish books not for a single season, but for the years" in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, college textbooks, cookbooks, art books and professional books. The roots of the company date back to 1923, when William Warder Norton and his wife, Mary D. Herter Norton, began publishing lectures delivered at the People's Institute, the adult education division of New York City's Cooper Union. The Nortons soon expanded their program beyond the Institute, acquiring manuscripts by celebrated academics from America and abroad. For years, Norton has been known for its distinguished publishing programs in both the trade and the college textbook areas. Early in its history Norton entered the fields of philosophy, music, and psychology, publishing acclaimed works by Bertrand Russell, Paul Henry Lang, and Sigmund Freud (as his principal American publisher). In the 1940s, Norton expanded its history textbook publishing with Edward McNall Burns's Western Civilizations, now in its fifteenth edition, while the 1950s brought the addition of international figures such as the renowned authority on human development, Erik Erikson. Norton also developed a series that would change the teaching of literature: the Norton Anthologies. Collectively, these anthologies have sold over 20 million copies. ...

Chairman & President

W. Drake Mcfeely

Number of Employees 300

Contact Information

500 5th Ave

New York, New York 10110-0002

wwnorton.com

(212) 354-5500

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Book Publishers: 511130

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

- 2006-11-01

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 www.wwnorton.com 1-800-233-4830 Ely Jacques Kahn was a 20th century architect of commercial buildings: you'll most readily recognize his works and signature style in the city of New York--or in Jewel Stern & John A. Stuart's...

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

- 2006-11-01

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 www.wwnorton.com 1-800-233-4830 Ely Jacques Kahn was a 20th century architect of commercial buildings: you'll most readily recognize his works and signature style in the city of New York--or in Jewel Stern & John A. Stuart's...

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

- 2006-07-01

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 1-800-233-4830 www.wwnorton.com China and India are set to join existing power players as major consumers of resources and polluters too: discussions in both countries at all levels are analyzing paths to follow, from technological choices...

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W.W. Norton & Company

- 2005-10-01

W.W. Norton & Company 500--5th Avenue, New York NY 10110 www.wwnorton.com Dr. Richard Rappaport's study of the discovery of the nerve synapse Nerve Endings (0393060195, $23.95) also presents the story of two doctors who shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1906 yet were separated by geographical...

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

- 2005-03-01

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 500 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10110 1-800-233-4830 www.wwnorton.com Two wonderful books on exploration and discovery are recommended not just for school holdings; but for general interest readers choosing from public library holdings. Michio Kaku's Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Stephen King	CFO
Sterling Lawrence	Editor-in-Chief
Genevieve Luciano	Vice President & Director, Trade Publ
Roby Harrington	Vice President & Director, College Dept
William F. Rusin	Vice President & Director, Trade Sales
Lisa Gaeth	Manager, Personnel
Nomi Victor	Manager, Advertising
Pearl Axson	Office Manager
Erik Erikson	The Erik Erikson Reader
Richard Wagner	Andrew Porter, Trans
Warren Tiley	Treasurer
Leo A W Wiegman	Book Editor
Wei Zhao	Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
W. Drake Mcfeely	Chairman & President

Organization	Position	Status
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Chairman & President	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	CFO	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Editor-in-Chief	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Vice President & Director, Trade Publ	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Vice President & Director, College Dept	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Vice President & Director, Trade Sales	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Manager, Personnel	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Manager, Advertising	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Office Manager	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	The Erik Erikson Reader	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Andrew Porter, Trans	Current

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W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.	Treasurer	Current

Leo Wiegman was elected Village Trustee in 2001. Born in the Netherlands and raised in New Hampshire's mill towns, Leo became naturalized US citizen in 1969. He has been active in community service ever since. Leo is a summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University. He has worked in book publishing for the past 25 years. When Leo lived in Chicago, he founded the Estes-Greenleaf Neighborhood Association, started a Boy Scout Troop, and served on the Rogers Park Centennial Commission. Leo has lived in Croton since 1994, with his wife, architect Julie Evans, and their son, Adrian, who attends PVC Middle School. Leo and his family are members of Holy Name of Mary Parish. Among other local activities, Leo has volunteered for many years with Croton AYSO program, currently as Instructor and Referee. Leo is co-founder of the Croton Sustainable Energy Cooperative whose mission includes public education about wise energy use. A book editor for W. W. Norton & Company, an independent, employee-owned publisher, Leo is a member of the American Political Science Association and the Ecological Society of America. Working with experts from all across North America, Leo publishes illustrated texts in the physical sciences and environmental studies.