Philip Van Doren Stern

Raised in a modest Pennsylvania family and later schooled in Jersey City, he completed his studies at Rutgers University before entering the world of advertising and subsequently moving into publishing design and editing. His professional life spanned several leading houses-including Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, and Alfred A. Knopf-where he assembled and annotated collections of works by figure… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources