Word: rosenthaler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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As new director. Rosenthal has inherited an organization that has changed abruptly in the past six months." Last March, the Press switched its warehouse and shipping operation from Harvard's Computer Center to Technical. Impex Corporation (TIC) in Lawrence. TIC is a more efficient outfit which has saved the Press...
Rosenthal brings the executive experience to the Press which Carroll seemed to lack. During his 20 years as head of Basic Books, Rosenthal established a company well-known for its publication of scholarly works while at the same time maintaining a sound economic operation.
According to Hall, Rosenthal's appointment makes Harvard's press the best in the country. "Rosenthal has a fine eye for what constitutes a scholarly work," Hall said. "He is both an editor and an astute business man."
Hall's confidence in Rosenthal and the Press marks a change from his position when the search committee for a new director was organized last February. The search committee's task wasn't made any easier by the resignation of the acting director, David H. Horne, in May. Horne left...
While Handlin quietly struggled to keep the Press's head above water, the search committee began reducing the list of 100 possible directors. The committee--chaired by James Q. Wilson, chairman of the Government Department--narrowed the list down to five, and chatted informally with Rosenthal and others before making...