Donald C. McGraw

Donald Cushing McGraw (21 May 1897 - 7 February 1974) was an American publisher and president of McGraw-Hill from 1953 to 1966.

During his time as president, he expanded the company beyond publishing and acquired three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor's, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and Platts.

[2] McGraw's brother Curtis McGraw was serving as president when he died suddenly in September 1953, and Donald had to take over as company president.

Dodge Corporation was acquired in 1961, and he established a foreign language publishing unit in 1963.

McGraw died in Boynton Beach, Florida.