He died in his home in Evanston on June 8, 2005. ![]() He retired in 1981, but continued to perform freelance work and consulting for various publishing companies. In 1974, Stewart became the associate executive direction for publishing at the American Library Association. The effort received mixed reviews, but the overhaul to the Micro- and Macropedia format has endured. Following the philosophy of Britannica chairman, Mortimer Adler, Stewart and the rest of the editorial staff at Britannica sought to expand the reach of the work beyond a mere reference book to a systematic categorization of omne scibile (everything knowable). One of Stewart’s lasting contributions to the Encyclopædia was the reorganization from the traditional A-Z format to the current Micropedia and Macropedia. After moving to Evanston, Illinois, both Stewart and his wife became involved in the nuclear disarmament movement and protests against the Vietnam War.īy 1951, Stewart had been promoted to the editorial staff of the Britannica. The two married in 1955, and had two children, Judith and Jeanne. While at Britannica, Stewart met Barbara Fletcher. Within a few years, he was promoted to assistant to the managing editor. With his sights set on the editor-in-chief position of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Stewart applied for and was granted a position as an editorial assistant. While at the University, Stewart was a student of the Great Books program, officially created only a year prior in part by university president Robert Hutchins and Mortimer J. Prior to his entry into UC, Stewart had spent one year at Wright Junior College and one year in the Army as a teenager. With a well-developed interest in literature, he enrolled at the University in 1947. As a young boy, Stewart grew up listening to the University of Chicago’s radio-broadcast roundtable discussions on the Great Books. Papers,, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Noteĭonald Edwin Stewart was born on August 26, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles and Lillian Stewart. ![]() This collection, the preferred citation is: Stewart, Donald E. The collection contains letters, memos, photographs, publications, and news clippings pertaining to Encyclopædia Britannica and its staff, from 1923 to 2001 Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Centerĭonald Edwin Stewart (1927-2005) managing editor at Encyclopædia Britannica. © 2016 University of Chicago Library Descriptive Summary Title: Urn:oclc:863191733 Republisher_date 20120815121847 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120815082203 Scanner of Chicago Library Guide to the Donald E. OL9684607W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.52 Pages 426 Ppi 350 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1564090078 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:12:59 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA136909 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Barcelona Date-raw December 1996 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition Reimpr.
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