PubWest has awarded its 2011 Jack D. Rittenhouse Award to Jack Jensen, president of Chronicle Books. The PubWest board of directors selected Jensen in recognition of his extraordinary career and his lifetime of work with Chronicle Books that has shaped and inspired the book publishing community.
During his 35-year career, Jensen transformed Chronicle Books from a regional house into a global brand known for its design and varied subject matter. Jensen joined Chronicle Books in 1977 when it was still directly associated with the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper and worked alongside five other employees to produce and market twelve new titles per year. Today, Jensen oversees 185 employees at a company that produces 300 books a year. Jensen is also president of the McEvoy Group, a holding company for Chronicle Books, New York-based Princeton Architectural Press, the Seattle-based Becker & Mayer!, Spin Media, and California Home & Design and 7x7 Magazines.
Jensen will accept the Rittenhouse Award during PubWest's Conference 2011 scheduled for November 3-5 at Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, Nevada.
