Meyer, Helen (1907–2003)

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Meyer, Helen (1907–2003)

American business executive and publisher. Born Helen Honig, Dec 4, 1907, in Brooklyn, NY; died April 21, 2003, in Livingston, NJ; m. Abraham J. Meyer (died 1993); children: Dr. Adele M. Brodkin and Robert L. Meyer.

Began career as a clerk for George Delacorte at Dell Publishing (1924); became president of Dell (1944), the 1st woman to head a publishing firm; ran Delacorte, Dell and Dial Press with success for more than 30 years, then supervised their sale to Doubleday; retired (1978). Inducted into Publishers Hall of Fame (1986).

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