Beattie, Graham Desmond Biography 1991
BEATTIE, Graham Desmond
Managing Director/Publisher, Ashton Scholastic Ltd
Born Gisborne, 6 May 1940, son of Richard Halsey Beattie and Doris Irene (née Harris); married Celia Seymour Bartram, daughter of Ronald and Mary Bartram, 1962; one son two daughters.
Education: Central Primary School, Gisborne; Gisborne Intermediate; Gisborne High School; Churchill Fellowship 1977.
Founder, Director Beattie & Forbes Bookshop Limited, Napier, 1968-1977; Sales and Marketing Director Penguin Books (NZ) Limited, Auckland, 1977; Managing Director, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd 1978-1987; Managing Director, Ashton Scholastic Limited, 1988 – ; President, Book Publishers Association of NZ, 1983-1985. President, Napier Jaycees, 1969 -; President, Napier and District Save the Children Fund, 1969-1974; frequent speaker, NZ and overseas, on literacy, particularly influence of TV on children’s acquisition of language.
Publications: Children and Television, 1991.
Recreations: opera, tramping, jogging, travel, reading.
Address: 165 Marua Road, Panmure, Auckland.
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New Zealand Who’s Who 12th edition 1991
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