Paul R. Andrews

After a brief period in the U.S. Cavalry Reserve, Andrews joined Prentice-Hall in 1935 as a travelling representative for the college‑textbook division.^[3] He became sales manager in 1939 and head of the division in 1947, overseeing its emergence as one of the two largest collegiate publishers in the United States.^[3] In 1965, he became the president and chief executive officer of Prentice‑Hall.^[1][2] Under his leadership, Prentice‑Hall introduced high‑speed warehousing that could ship more than 100,000 volumes daily and recorded record revenues.^[1] He was elevated to chairman in 1971 and retired in 1976.^[4]

Andrews served on the board of Norwich University, as well as on those of the American Textbook Publishers Institute and the National Association of College Stores.^[1]

In 1958, Andrews was elected to the board of trustees of Norwich University and later chaired the university's development programme from 1972 to 1982.^[1][4] He also served on the board of American Textbook Publishers Institute and the National Association of College Stores.^[1]

Norwich conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature degree on Andrews in 1966 and later recorded him as a Distinguished Alumnus of the Norwich University Alumni Association.^[5] He was also recognised by the university's Partridge Society as a One‑Diamond benefactor for his philanthropic leadership.^[6]

In 1975, Andrews endowed the Paul Revere Andrews '30 Scholarship, followed five years later by the Virginia Prentice Ettinger Andrews Scholarship created by his son in honour of Andrews's wife.^[7][8]

In May of 1982, Norwich University dedicated Andrews Hall, an athletics building, in his honor.^[4]