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Born | Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States | June 1, 1932
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Spouse | Sally Camilla Carroll (m. 1956) |
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H. Allen Fernald (born June 1, 1932) is an American multi-millionaire, publishing executive, and philanthropist. [1] He is the owner and chairman of Down East Enterprise in Rockport, Maine, which publishes Down East and Shooting Sportsman magazines. [2] He was the Chief Executive Officer of Holt, Rinehart & Winston from 1995—1999. [3]
In January 2005, H. Allen Fernald and his wife, Sally Carroll Fernald, gifted 86-acres of pristine forest on the summit of Bald Mountain to the Coastal Mountains Land Trust. [7] In 2007, H. Allen Fernald personally donated $1,000,000.00 to the University of Maine to support the arts. [1] [8]
H. Allen Fernald began his career in Manhattan in the 1960s, "[rising quickly] through the ranks of Holt, Rinehart & Winston and later CBS, ultimately becoming their senior vice president and head of the college publishing division." [9] From 1970-1977, Fernald was the vice president of Columbia Broadcasting Systems. From 1981-1985, he was the president of Hanson Energy Products, Inc.
In 1977, he and Sally Fernald purchased Down East magazine, then based in Camden, and moved to the area. At the time, Down East published 10 issues a year and had color on only four pages per issue. The Fernalds increased the number of issues to 12 per year and introduced color throughout. [10] They also added two magazine titles, Shooting Sportsman and Fly Rod & Reel, and a books division, Down East Books. Allen was the company's publisher until his retirement in 2001. [11] Down East Books was sold to Rowman & Littlefield in 2013. [12] Fly Rod & Reel ceased publication in 2017. [13]
From 1978 to 2003, Fernald was a board member of United Publications, Inc. Since 2003, Fernald has served on the board of directors for John Wiley & Sons, Inc. He currently serves as Secretary of the Ocean Energy Institute of the University of Maine. Fernald was an early investor in subaquatic tidal power plants and windmill technologies in the United States of America.
He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts [7] to Harold Allen and Leona Swan (Horton) Fernald). Fernald married Sally Camilla Carroll on June 23, 1956. He has three children and six grandchildren. He has been a resident of the Camden, Maine area since 1977. [14]
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H. Allen Fernald, a 1954 graduate(subscription required)
H. Allen Fernald, publisher(subscription required)