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Kendall Hunt Publishing company history timeline

1944

In 1944, William C. Brown acquired the rights to 26 book titles ranging from workbooks to laboratory manuals.

1949

In 1949, due to increased sales and aggressive management, the company experienced great expansion and the Manufacturing Division was established.

The number of the titles in the company's catalog grew to more than 100 by 1949.

1961

By 1961 the William C. Brown Company had grown to include not only guaranteed local titles (non-traditional) but also speculative college textbook publishing (traditional). Offices headed by Associate Editors were established nationwide.

By 1961, the company used the name W.C. Brown & Company, Publishers for the traditional publishing department and William C. Brown Book Company for authors with guaranteed publishing contracts.

1988

Since 1988, Michael has taught at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, where his highly visual and self-created Natural History and Ornithology courses continue to attract extraordinarily high enrollments, more than 40,000 students to date.

1992

In 1992 W.C. Brown & Company, Publishers was sold to the Times Mirror Company.

1994

To eliminate the confusion between these two brands, the company was renamed Kendall Hunt Publishing Company in 1994.

2001

A frequent keynote speaker at conferences and events and regular guest on radio and television, Michael was the only Canadian featured in the TVO/NHK Japan 2001 Superteachers series that profiled such notables as Jane Goodall and Nelson Mandela.

2003

His first CD of original jazz compositions, Flashback, was released in 2003.

2007

In 2007, CFM Publishing purchased the Benziger name and product line from McGraw Hill and merged with Texas-based Catholic publisher RCL—Resources for Christian Living—to form RCL Benziger.

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