Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

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,

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.

1988:

• Addison Wesley merges with Pearson plc.

1995:

• Addison-Wesley merges with Longman to form Addison Wesley Longman.

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.