The Story of STM

STM, the International Group of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers was first conceived during the 1968 congress of the IPA (International Publishers Association) held in Amsterdam. The idea originated from Mr. Robert Maxwell of Pergamon Press who was part of a group of science publishers who felt that their interests were not sufficiently represented by IPA. After attempting to form an interest group within the IPA which did not succeed, they opted for an autonomous organisation, affiliated to the IPA. STM was formed by Mr. Daan Frank of North Holland Publishing Company, Mr. Piet Bergmans of Elsevier Science and Mr. Bradford Wiley of Wiley & Sons. Soon to join the group were Mr. Heinz Goëtze of Springer Verlag, Mr. Ed Booher from McGraw Hill, and Mr. Bob Code-Holland from Pitman.

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STM Milestones

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STM Board of Directors -
1969 to Present

To view a comprehensive list of who served on the Board of Directors from 1969 to present day you can download this pdf.

STM - The Beginning

We are lucky to have copies of 2 documents from when it all began.  STM as an Idea, a condensed report from 1968 and STM is Founded, Explanatory Notes from 1969, are available as both a summary and to download.