OBITUARIES
Karl Mann
Karl Mann, a former publisher of FIRE ENGINEERING, died on April 21, 1984 at the age of 95.
For 30 years, Mr. Mann served as president of the Case-Shepard-Mann Publishing Co., the original publisher of several technical publications, including FIRE ENGINEERING. Mr. Mann retired in 1956 when Case-Shepard-Mann was purchased by Reuben H. Donnelly Corp., a division of the Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
During his publishing career, he served on the board of directors of the Associated Business Publications, including two years as chairman of the board in 1954 and 1955. The organization, which later became the American Business Press, worked to raise and maintain high standards for business magazine publishing and championed the cause of verified paid circulation through Audit Bureau membership.
Mr. Mann was born in Milwaukee, WI in 1888 and later graduated from Milwaukee Academy and the University of Wisconsin.
