- Frederick A. Hetzel
Frederick Armstrong Hetzel (
September 6 ,1930 —September 13 ,2003 ) was an Americanpublisher and academic.Biography
Hetzel was born and raised in
Connellsville, Pennsylvania . He received degrees fromWashington and Jefferson College and theUniversity of Virginia . He was an associate editor at theInstitute for Early American History and Culture inWilliamsburg, Virginia before going to theUniversity of Pittsburgh in 1961.He served on the boards of the
Mendelssohn Choir , thePittsburgh Dance Council andWinchester Thurston School .Hetzel was the director of the
University of Pittsburgh Press inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania , from 1963 to 1994, significantly growing the publishing house. In his efforts to acquire the best available scholarship, he focused Pitt scholarly titles in selected academic areas: history, political science, international studies, Latin American studies, Russian and East European studies, composition and literacy studies, natural history, and history and philosophy of science. Hetzel personally directed Press books about Pittsburgh and the region, including titles in history, natural history, photography, biography, guidebooks, and creative non-fiction.Special literary and academic series developed by Hetzel include the renowned
Pitt Poetry Series ; the Pitt Latin American Series; the Pittsburgh Series in Descriptive Bibliography; the Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies; the Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture; and the Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in Philosophy. Annual publications included volumes in Milton Studies and Cuban Studies and the winners of theAgnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize , the AWP Award Series in Poetry, and theDrue Heinz Literature Prize .Hetzel co-published titles with the
Carnegie Museum of Art , theCarnegie Museum of Natural History , theCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh , theHelen Clay Frick Foundation, theHistorical Society of Western Pennsylvania , and theFrick Art & Historical Center .One of Hetzel's greatest publishing success stories was in 1976 when the
University of Pittsburgh Press reissued Thomas Bell's "Out of This Furnace " to wide acclaim.Military service
He was awarded a Bronze Star for his Army service in the
Korean War .Death and burial
Hetzel died at age 73 on
September 13 ,2003 at hisSquirrel Hill home in Pittsburgh and is buried atHomewood Cemetery .ee also
References
* Bob Hoover (2003). [http://www.post-gazette.com/obituaries/20030916hetzel0916p1.asp "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette": Obituary of Frederick A. Hetzel] . Retrieved
July 28 2005 .External links
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/19/obituaries/19HETZ.html?ex=1168750800&en=45834e7a3f50e805&ei=5070 "New York Times" obituary]
* [http://www.upress.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh Press Homepage]
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