JOSEPH A. KANNON NAMED TO KEY POST AT HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 14, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

CORRECTION: Because of a reporting error, the name of Joseph A. Kanon, newly appointed deputy director of the Trade and Reference Divison at Houghton Mifflin Co., was misspelled in a story in yesterday's Business section.}

The stage was set yesterday for a major succession at Boston's Houghton Mifflin Co. with the appointment of Joseph A. Kannon, 41, as deputy director of the Trade and Reference Division starting July 6.

Kannon is expected to succeed Austin G. Olney, senior vice president and director of the division. Though no announcement has been made, sources within the firm say ...

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