DON HUTTER died Feb. 22, 1990, of cancer after a brief illness. Born in London in 1922, Don came to the U.S. from Vienna in 1938 at the time of the Anschluss. At Princeton he was the chief editor of the 1953 BricABrac.
Don was an editor at Charles Scribner's Sons from 1957 through 1967, when he joined the Dial Press as a senior editor. He became editor in chief there in 1969 and left in 1972 to become executive editor of the General Books Div. of Holt, Rinehart & Winston, where, in 1981, he became editor in chief. From 1982 to 1985 Don served as V.P. and senior editor for Simon & Schuster. From that time until his death, he was again at Holt, which became Henry Holt & Co., where he had his own imprint, Donald Hurter Books. During his career, he evidenced an elegantmannered way with words, a deep devotion to the good of the work itself, and abiding loyalty to friends and great patience and generosity.
Don also published his own short stories in ESQUIRE, LADIES' HOME JouRNAL and the SATURDAY EVENING POST and was the author of two children's books (die first published when he was 13). Don is remembered as a "gentleman"in its best meaningand as nurturing to authors and young editors.
Don is survived by his widow, Martha Corbett Hurter, and three daughters, Anne Victoria, Stephanie Grace, and Sarah Catherine.
The Class of 1954