Richard Grossman (publisher)
Richard Grossman (June 26, 1921 – January 27, 2014[1]) was an American publisher. Born in Chicago, he worked in the Army Signal Corps and advertising before going into the publishing business.[1] He started his own company, Grossman Publishers, after working for Simon & Schuster.[1] Later he worked in alternative medicine and psychotherapy,[2] including as director of the Center for Health in Medicine at the Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center; at Beth Israel Medical Center, and the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts’s program for cancer patients.[3]
Publisher of Ralph Nader's best-seller Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile,[1] Grossman went on to publish other books by Mr. Nader and his associates on air and water pollution, food and drugs, pesticides and coal-mine safety, all of which helped lead to the passage of major legislation.[1]
Selected books
- “Choosing and Changing: A Guide to Self-Reliance” (1978)
- “The Other Medicines” (1985)
- “A Year With Emerson: A Daybook” (2003)
- “The Tao of Emerson” (2007)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Richard Grossman, Crusading Publisher of 1960s, Dies at 92 By DOUGLAS MARTIN FEB. 1, 2014 New York Times
- ↑ In Memoriam: Richard Grossman PSYCHOSYNTHESIS QUARTERLY: The Digital Magazine of the Association for the Advancement of Psychosynthesis Volume 3 Number 2 September 2014 by Richard Schaub
- ↑ Richard L. Grossman, 92; publisher of Ralph Nader’s ‘Unsafe at Any Speed’ By Adam Bernstein Washington Post January 30, 2014