CHAPTER 5 Inventing the Future—Encyclopaedia Britannica
Buy Book CHAPTER 5: Inventing the Future—Encyclopaedia Britannica Subchapters A Milestone in Evolution of the Human/Machine Interface The Proper Study of Mankind The Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition The Encyclopedist’s Art William Benton, EB [...]
CHAPTER 4 Before the Deluge—United Press International
Buy Book CHAPTER 4: Before the Deluge—United Press International Subchapters Transitioning to United Press International UPI—Second Banana to the Associated Press Moving to Nashville as UPI Assistant General Counsel UPI Begins Its Descent [...]
CHAPTER 3 Jane Byrne Burned – Chicago Politics in the 1970s
Buy Book CHAPTER 3: Jane Byrne Burned - Chicago Politics in the 1970s Subchapters Jane Byrne vs. The Chicago Tribune The Machine Weakens after Daley’s Death Mayor Byrne’s 90-Day Report Card Mayor Jane [...]
CHAPTER 2 Becoming a General Counsel
Buy Book CHAPTER 2: Becoming a General Counsel Subchapters Recruitment by J. Roderick MacArthur Rod MacArthur and The MacArthur Foundation Hiring Lawyers Copyright and Trademark Mastery Hammacher Schlemmer Bradford Then and Now [...]
CHAPTER 1 Riots & Rockets – Army Days (1968-1971)
CHAPTER 1: Riots & Rockets - Army Days (1968-1971) Subchapters Riots & Rockets Army Days Map (1968-1971) Family in the Military The Vietnam War Heats Up The Decision to Enlist Fort Holabird and Intelligence Training [...]
Appendix 2 – The Building of Britannica Online
Buy Book The Building of Britannica Online By Robert McHenry Former Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopaedia Britannica Introduction Had someone back about 1985 phrased his question, wittingly or not, “Has the Britannica been digitized yet?” the answer would [...]
Appendix 1 – Excerpts from Encyclopaedia Britannica Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States
Buy Book Appendix 2 QUESTIONS PRESENTED In the 1980s, Petitioner Encyclopaedia Britannica (“Britannica”) developed a pioneering multimedia search system that, for the first time, was able to search through vast amounts of multimedia [...]
Acknowledgments
Buy Book Appendix 1 This book could not have been written without the help and support of family, friends, and colleagues at The Cliff Dwellers club in Chicago. My wife Cathy without complaint stoically [...]
A Look Back from Encyclopaedia Britannica
Acknowledgements Looking back on my Encyclopaedia Britannica days, when I departed United Press International after its bankruptcy, UPI was fortunately headed towards a reorganization and not a liquidation. Though I had been with UPI only two years, it had [...]
