McGraw - Hill, Inc. - ( Standard & Poor's Financial Services and Book Publishing) - 1973

Beautifully engraved certificate from the McGraw - Hill, Inc. issued in 1973. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman reading a book. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s President, Shelton Fisher and Secretary, and is over 48 years old.


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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., (NYSE: MHP) is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services. It publishes numerous textbooks and magazines, including Architectural Record and Aviation Week, and is the parent company of Standard & Poor's, Platts, and J.D. Power and Associates. It is the majority owner of the Canadian publisher McGraw-Hill Ryerson (TSX).[2] The company has its corporate headquarters in 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

The McGraw-Hill Companies traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The Hill Publishing Company.

In 1909 both men, having known each other for some time and sharing the same interests, agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into The McGraw-Hill Book Company. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.

McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc became The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1995, as part of a corporate identity rebranding.

In a recent strategy move (2007), McGraw-Hill launched an online student study network, GradeGuru.com. This new offering gives McGraw-Hill an opportunity to connect directly with its end users, the students.

The McGraw-Hill Companies organizes its businesses around three segments, based upon the market they are involved in.

McGraw-Hill Education provides materials, both traditionally and online, for all levels of education. The company also provides references & trade publications for the medical, business and engineering professions.[6]

Imprints within McGraw-Hill Education include:

CTB/McGraw-Hill

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill/Irwin

McGraw-Hill Contemporary

McGraw-Hill Digital Learning

McGraw-Hill Professional Development

SRA/McGraw-Hill

Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill Higher Education

McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing

McGraw-Hill Professional

Open University Press

McGraw-Hill Education is also established in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America (as McGraw-Hill Interamericana), Canada (as McGraw-Hill/Ryerson) and India (as Tata/McGraw-Hill).

This division, Standard & Poor's, provides independent investment research including ratings on various investment instruments, as well as various indices that gauge financial markets, such as the widely tracked S&P 500.

Information and media

Platts

Aviation Week Group

McGraw-Hill Broadcasting (all ABC affiliates, unless specified)

KMGH-TV, Denver, Colorado

KZCO-LP and KZFC-LP (Azteca América), Denver, Colorado

KZCS-LP (Azteca América), Colorado Springs, Colorado

KGTV, San Diego, California

Since 2006, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting has been engaged in a union-busting campaign at KGTV, according to internal McGraw-Hill documents provided by NABET-CWA Local 54 on its website.

KZSD-LP (Azteca América), San Diego, California

KERO-TV, Bakersfield, California

KZKC-LP (Azteca América), Bakersfield, California

WRTV, Indianapolis, Indiana

J.D. Power and Associates

McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of the McGraw-Hill companies, is a publisher of construction information in the United States and Canada. It publishes Architectural Record, Dodge, Engineering News-Record (ENR), Sweets, McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics, and McGraw-Hill Construction Regionals.

Presidents of the company

James H. McGraw (1917 – 1928)

Johnathan Heflin (1928 – 1948)

James McGraw, Jr. (1948 – 1950)

Curtis W. McGraw (1950 – 1953)

Donald C. McGraw (1953 – 1968)

Shelton Fisher (1968 – 1974)

Harold McGraw, Jr. (1974 – 1983)

Joseph Dionne (1983 – 1998)

Harold W. McGraw III (1998 – present)

During the course of its history The McGraw-Hill Companies has expanded significantly through acquisitions, not just within the publishing industry but also into other areas such as financial services (the purchase of Standard & Poor's in 1966) and broadcasting (the 1972 acquisition of Time-Life Broadcasting).

Date of Acquisition Asset Acquired Industry

1920 Newton Falls Paper Company

1928 A.W. Shaw Company

1950s Gregg Company Publisher of vocational textbooks

1953 Companies of Warren C Platts, including Platts Publisher of petroleum industry information

1961 F.W. Dodge Corporation Publisher of construction industry information

1965 California Test Bureau Developer of educational testing systems

1966 Standard & Poor's Financial Services

1968 National Radio Institute Correspondence School

1970 The Ryerson Press Educational and trade publishing

1972 Television Stations of Time Life Broadcasting Broadcasting

1996 Times Mirror Higher Education[ Educational publishing

1997 Micropal Group Limited Financial Services

1999 Appleton & Lange Publisher of medical information

2000 Tribune Education, including NTC/Contemporary Publisher of supplementary educational materials

2002 Open University Press University press - academic publications

2005 J.D. Power & Associates Marketing information provider

Note that this list only includes acquisitions made by McGraw-Hill, not its subsidiaries. McGraw-Hill typically does not release financial information regarding its acquisitions or divestitures.

History from Wikipedia and OldCompany.com (old stock certificate research service).