Stanley Rinehart, Jr.

Stanley Marshall Rinehart Jr. (1897–1969) was an American book publisher. He was the son of mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart, the brother of publisher Frederick Roberts Rinehart, and the brother of producer and playwright Alan Rinehart.

Early life, education, and career launch Rinehart was born on August 18, 1897, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which has since merged with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After studying at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, he graduated from the Morristown School in Morristown, New Jersey (now Morristown-Beard School) in 1915. Rinehart then studied at Harvard University before leaving school to serve in the U.S. Army during World War I. During his days at Harvard, Rinehart served on the Editorial Board of the Harvard Lampoon, a humor magazine. In just a few weeks, Rinehart and his associates began announcing a slate of upcoming publications: Myron Brinig's Singermann Paxton Hibben's The Peerless Leader: William Jennings Bryan Du Bose Heyward's Half-Print Flask Jacob Zeitlin and Homer Woodbridge's Life and Letters of Stuart P. Sherman Herbert Gorman's The Incredible Marquis: Alexandre Dumas Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Romantics

Under the leadership of Rinehart and his colleagues, Farrar & Rinehart achieved notoriety for publishing the works of Hervey Allen, Katherine Brush, and Mary Roberts Rinehart. The company also achieved recognition as one of the first publishers of dollar fiction. After Farrar & Rinehart acquired the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation from William Randolph Hearst in 1931, the company began to publish college textbooks. In 1943, Publishers Weekly awarded Farrar & Rinehart its first Carey–Thomas Award for publication of the Rivers of America Series by literary figures. The new name reflected joint corporate leadership of Rinehart and Frederick Rinehart. During this period, Rinehart & Company achieved recognition for publishing the first books in Charles Schulz's Peanuts series, as well as works by Faith Baldwin, Stephen Vincent Benét, Norman Mailer, and Erich Fromm. as the first book printed by the Photon (known as the Lumitype in France), a photographic type composing machine invented by René Alphonse Higonnet and Louis Moyroud. Rinehart served in that role until retiring in 1963. During his career, he also served as a president of the National Association of Book Publishers.

Family Rinehart married Mary Noble Doran on June 24, 1919. After they divorced, he married Frances Alice Yeatman. Rinehart had three children: George, Stanley III, and Mary.