Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr.

Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., (1914–2003) [1] was Chairman and President of Philadelphia publisher J. B. Lippincott Company.

He was born in Bethayres, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph Wharton Lippincott and Elizabeth Schuyler Mills Lippincott. He was a descendant of Joshua Ballinger Lippincott, founder of J. B. Lippincott Company, and a great-grandson of Joseph Wharton, founder of the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. 2003. "Joseph Wharton Lippincott Jr., 88, Philadelphia Publisher: [Obituary (Obit)]." New York Times, Jan 29.