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Oscar Dystel

Born: 31-Oct-1912
Birthplace: Bronx, NY [1]
Died: 28-May-2014
Location of death: Rye, NY
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Publisher

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bantam Books

Military service: Office of War Information (1942-43)


[1] Fordham Hospital, Bronx, NY.

Father: Jacob Dystel
Mother: Rose Pintoff
Wife: Marion Deitler (m. 2-Oct-1938, d. 2-Nov-2003 pneumonia, one son, one daughter)
Son: John Jay Dystel (attorney, d. 2003 multiple sclerosis)
Daughter: Jane Dee Dystel (editor, literary agent)

    University: BCS, New York University (1935)
    University: MBA, Harvard Business School (1937)

    Oscar Dystel & Partners President
    Bantam Books Chairman and COO (1978-80)
    Bantam Books President (1954-78)
    Collier's Managing Editor (1948-49)
    Coronet Editor (1944-48)
    Coronet Editor (1940-42)
    Esquire Promotion Manager (1938-40)
    Member of the Board of Grosset & Dunlap
    National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    Presidential Medal of Freedom 1946


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