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Hall oF Fame Inducts Educational Publishing Greats
October 25, 2002
An acclaimed entrepreneurial researcher and analyst,
a respected corporate leader who has devoted his career to education
and educational publishing, and a venerated novelist/poet who seeks
to “publish promise” will be inducted Dec. 5 into the
prestigious Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame.
Chosen by the AEP Board of Directors from member nominations, the
Hall of Fame honors “outstanding individuals whose lifetime
work has made a unique impact on educational publishing,” said
Michael Ross, board president of AEP and executive vice president
and publisher at World Book Inc. “There are not many awards
given in this field of the stature of AEP’s,” he added.
This year the seventh annual Hall of Fame Breakfast
will be held at the elegant Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. About
350 members and guests are expected to pay tribute to the three
inductees, who will each be presented by someone close to them,
for a personal and admiring glimpse of their lives. Honorees are
presented with a custom engraved Hall of Fame trophy.
The 2002 Hall of Fame Inductees are:
Jeanne Hayes, president of Quality
Education Data, Inc. (QED) and vice president of marketing development
at Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing and media
company which acquired QED in 1999. Ms. Hayes founded QED in 1981
and built it into a nationally recognized leader in tracking and
interpreting trends and data concerning education technology. Headquartered
in Denver, CO, the firm supplies its more than 8,000 customers with
research services and a database vital to a variety of educational
applications. It also maintains the National Registry of Teachers
by Name (TM), which lists more than 4 million educators. In addition,
Ms. Hayes’ seminal and ongoing research into schools’
purchases and uses of Internet technology has, since 1987, become
the standard barometer for technology trends in the nation’s
educational institutions.
A specialist in educational information and a popular
speaker on the subject, Ms. Hayes has served on numerous industry
boards and been honored for her expertise on many occasions, including
Converge Magazine’s “Those Who Make A Difference”
in 2000, and the Consortium for School Networking’s (CoSN)
Private Sector Champion in 2001.
Nader F. Darehshori, retired president
of Houghton Mifflin Company, began his long and productive career
in education as an elementary school teacher in Iran. In 1966, after
earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin,
he joined Houghton Mifflin as a College Division sales representative.
He has served the company in ever-widening responsibilities since
that time, becoming senior vice president of the college division,
vice chairman of the board of directors, chairman and CEO of the
company and, in 1991, its president. His abiding involvement in
education extends into his community. Mr. Darehshori is a member
of the Board of the Boston Public Library Foundation and of the
Association of American Publishers and is a trustee of Wellesley
College, among other prominent positions.
In his career as a publisher, Mr. Darehshori sought
to place Houghton Mifflin as a leader in the national and international
markets for textbooks, assessments, and instructional technology,
not satisfied to be merely another competitor. His success in leadership
is shown in the rankings that consistently put the company first
or second in sales in the disciplines where it competes. His accomplishments
and business acumen have earned him many commendations, including
the honorary degree of Doctor of Commercial Science, awarded from
Suffolk University.
Billy C. Clark, writer-in-residence,
Longwood University, VA. Mr. Clark is a noted American author and
considered one of Kentucky’s most beloved and distinguished
writers. He is an award-winning author of 11 books and numerous
short stories and poems. He is also founder and editor of Virginia
Writing, a magazine that prints the best work of high school
students in Virginia. “The purpose of Virginia Writing,”
its slogan announces, “is to publish promise.” Mr. Clark’s
poetry, short stories and novels, many of which detail life in Appalachia,
have garnered praise and awards since the 1950s, when his novel
Song of the River won the Friends of American Writers Award.
In 2000, he became the first recipient of Longwood University’s
Presidential Distinguished Service Award.
He has been designated an “Appalachian Treasure”
by Morehead University, KY, and he taught at the University of Kentucky
for 18 years, becoming a full professor. His works have been produced
as tapes and in Braille for the blind and optioned for film by Walt
Disney Studios. He is the subject of murals, portraits, a Kentucky
point-of-interest tour; and a bridge connecting Kentucky to West
Virginia has been named in his honor. His works are deemed so valuable
that the Jesse Stuart Foundation in Kentucky has declared it will
keep his writings in print in perpetuity.
About AEP
AEP, a national, nonprofit organization, represents, supports and
promotes the publishers of supplemental educational resources, key
tools for reading and learning at school and at home. Its membership
includes the giants of the supplemental education industry, and
spans the gamut from magazines to television channels, books to
interactive computer software and CDs. Please visit www.AEPweb.org
for more information.
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