Article: Direct marketer of the year.(Dante Cirilli, President/COO of Grolier Direct Marketing, includes related article)(Cover Story)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)

DANTE CIRILLI, PRESIDENT/COO, GROLIER DIRECT MARKETING: KING OF THE KIDS' BOOK CLUBS

Was it fact or rumor, I asked Dan Cirilli, inquiring as to the truth of tales I had heard that he started out in the mail room at Grolier. Cirilli's response: "I grew up in the Bronx and attended the New York School of Printing, a special high school teaching the graphic arts. I then went on to City College at night. It was Robert B. Clarke, an important figure in the history of direct marketing who was executive vice president of Grolier at the time, who hired me, and yes, it was to work in the mail room!"

On his first day, Clarke promised the young Dante Cirilli: "In ...

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