Aida DiPace Donald

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Aida DiPace Donald
Born1930
New York City
EducationBarnard College

Columbia University

University of Rochester

Aida DiPace Donald (1930-2023) was an American editor and historian.

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Biography

She worked as an editor at the Harvard University Press for 27 years, focusing for years on history and social science books, and eventually rising to the position of editor-in-chief. [1] She worked with writers like Lawrence Tribe, and translators like Arthur Goldhammer. Though no women have held the directorship, [2] Donald was one of few women to lead significant parts of the Press. She also taught at Columbia University.

She was married to historian David Donald from 1955 until his death in 2009. They had one son, computer scientist Bruce Donald. [3] [4] She earned her PhD at the University of Rochester, studying 19th century American history.

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References

  1. ↑ "Q&A with Aida Donald". www.c-span.org. C-SPAN.org. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ "A Brief History of Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Harvard University Press. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln scholar and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer". Los Angeles Times. May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ "David Herbert Donald (1920-2009)". www.historians.org. Perspectives on History at AHA. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ "A Man Privy To Greatness; DIARY OF CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. Edited by Aida DiPace Donald and David Donald. Vol. I: January 1820—June 1825. 469 pp. Vol. II: July 1825—September 1829. 514 pp. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. $20 the Set". The New York Times. November 29, 1964. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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