Richard Lee Grossman (June 26, 1921 – January 27, 2014[1]) was an American publisher.
He was born in Chicago and attended University of Pennsylvania, but left before graduating.
He served in the Army Signal Corps and worked in advertising before going into the publishing business.
[1] He started his own company, Grossman Publishers, after working for Simon & Schuster.
[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.