Publisher Scholastic Inc. 指名するs Peter Warwick its new CEO
NEW YORK (AP) - Scholastic Inc. has 任命するd a 後継者 to longtime 大統領，／社長 and CEO Richard Robinson, who died last month. Peter Warwick, an 独立した・無所属 director since 2014 on the children's publisher's board, will begin his new 職業 Aug. 1.
"刑事 Robinson built Scholastic into the most admired 全世界の children´s 調書をとる／予約する and education 商売／仕事," Warwick, 69, said in a 声明 Monday. "His devotion to children´s literacy, education, and journalistic 正直さ was so 深遠な it is ingrained in the culture of the Company. I am 深く，強烈に committed to continuing to embrace these same 原則s going 今後 and build upon the 核心 Scholastic 使節団 while creating value for all of our stakeholders."
Robinson died June 5 at age 84. Son of company 創立者 Maurice R. Robinson, the younger Robinson had served as CEO since 1975 and is 広範囲にわたって credited with 拡大するing Scholastic into a 全世界の empire, whether through its 教育の programs and 調書をとる／予約する clubs or such multimillion-selling authors as J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins and Dav Pilkey.
Warwick is just the third Scholastic CEO in its century-long history. He is a 卒業生（する） of the University of Bristol and received a 博士号 from the University of York. His previous 職業s 含む CEO of Pearson Professional in London, and COO of the professional 分割 of Thomson Reuters.
