McGraw-Hill
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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services. It publishes numerous textbooks and magazines, including Architectural Record and Aviation Week, and is the parent company of Standard & Poor's, Platts, and J.D. Power and Associates. It is the majority owner of the Canadian publisher McGraw-Hill Ryerson (TSX).
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Presidents of the company
- James H. McGraw (1917 – 1928)
- Malcolm Muir (1928 – 1948)
- James McGraw, Jr. (1948 – 1950)
- Curtis W. McGraw (1950 – 1953)
- Donald C. McGraw (1953 – 1968)
- Shelton Fisher (1968 – 1974)
- Harold McGraw, Jr. (1974 – 1983)
- Joseph Dionne (1983 – 1998)
- Harold W. McGraw III (1998 – present)
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