Steven Carton Swett (born 1934) is an American journalist and publisher who worked for various print publications and received a
Gerald Loeb Award.
Early life
Swett born in 1934 to Catharine (Carton) and Paul P. Swett Jr. in
Hartford, Connecticut.[1][2] Through his mother, Swett is a descendant of Connecticut Colonial Governor
Thomas Welles (1594–1660).[3]
Swett attended
Milton Academy in Massachusetts.[2][4] As editor of The Orange and Blue, the school newspaper, Swett received an award in 1952 from The Boston Daily Globe for "best newspaper make-up".[4] He graduated in 1952.[5]
In the mid-1960s, Swett managed the Education Department at
Time, Inc. and served as the education editor.[11][12]
Swett joined
Scholastic Magazines Inc. in 1968 as the promotion director of the Junior-Senior High School Division.[13] In 1976, he was appointed publisher of the newly created educational periodicals division.[14]
Swett married Shiela Lawrence Chanler on October 5, 1957, at St. Matthews Church in
Bedford, New York.[2] Sheila, born December 23, 1935, graduated from
Radcliffe College in 1957 and began teaching after they married.[19] They had foujr children – Benjamin, Sarah, Paul, and Evelyn.[19]
Swett and four friends fulfilled their childhood dream in 1987 by sailing across the Atlantic in a 38-foot yacht from
Woods Hole to
Scotland.[20][21] He wrote about his experience in his book Twenty-three Days in the North Atlantic.[20]
In 1999, the couple donated a conservation easement on their 236–acre property near Crescent Lake and
Downer State Forest in Vermont to the Upper Valley Land Trust.[22]
Twenty-three Days in the North Atlantic, Transatlantic Press (1988)[21]
Josiah's Journey: Chapters in the Life of The Reverend Josiah Swett, DD, Teacher, Preacher and Poet in 19th Century Vermont, Bragg Hill Press (2010)[24]
The Metalworkers: Robert Poole, His Ironworks, and Technology in 19th Century America, Baltimore Museum of Industry (2022)[25]
^Swett, Steven C. (1960). "The Test of a Reformer: A Study of Seth Low, New York City Mayor, 1902-1903". New York Historical Society Quarterly. 44 (1): 5–41.
ISSN0028-7253.