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Frank H. Dodd

Publisher

Centurion, 1900–1916

Full Name Frank Howard Dodd

Born 12 April 1844 in Bloomfield, New Jersey

Died 10 January 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York

Proposed by J. Cleveland Cady and William W. Appleton

Elected 2 June 1900 at age fifty-six

Archivist’s Note: Father of Edward H. Dodd; grandfather of Edward H. Dodd Jr.

Proposer of:

Century Memorial

Frank Howard Dodd was another of our good Centurians, and had served the Association on the Nominating Committee and the Board of Management. In 1870 he organized the publishing firm of Dodd & Mead, of which he was the head until his death. He knew the publishing business from A to Z, and could speak informingly on every item of it from paper to encyclopedias. Actively interested in the development of sections of the city, he was president of the Riverside and Fourth Avenue Associations. His influence and excellent business judgment were recognized by his election to the Chamber of Commerce and the vice-presidency of the American Publishers’ Association. A most companionable man, his death was a great grief to us.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook