Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

Moby ID: 3739

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1998: The merger of Simon & Schuster's and Addison Wesley Longman's education businesses results in Pearson Education, the world's leading educational publishing business.
1995: Addison-Wesley merges with Longman to form Addison Wesley Longman.
1988: Addison Wesley merges with Pearson plc.
1946: Mel buys out Lew's shares and remains a driving force in the company for more than four decades before his death in 1990.
1942: Addison-Wesley Press is incorporated by Melbourne Wesley Cummings and Lew Addison Cummings (no relation) who use their middle names to identify the new company,