Alfred Harcourt - American Publisher and Delphic Fraternity President

Alfred Harcourt, 1904

American publisher Alfred Harcourt was born in New Paltz, NY and attended the New Paltz Normal School (today SUNY New Paltz.) He was a member of Kappa Delta Alpha Fraternity which in 1899 merged with Alpha Pi Nu at New Paltz to form the Zeta chapter of the statewide Delphic Fraternity.

After graduating from New Paltz, Alfred Harcourt went to Columbia University and later entered the publishing industry with his good college friend Donald Brace. The two eventually founded Harcourt Brace and Company. Harcourt became a renowned American publisher who represented some of the world's most famous writers of the 20th century including Robert Frost, Sinclair Lewis, and T.S. Eliot.

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(Disclosure: The author of this post is an alumni member of the Zeta chapter of the Delphic Fraternity.)