The New York publishing world-and beyond-turned out in force on May 14 to pay tribute to Peter Workman, whom Barnes & Noble chair Len Riggio termed "one of the brightest stars, and greatest minds, in the history of publishing." Few of the nearly 1,000 attendees at the memorial service held at Columbia University would disagree. Photos from Workman's life spooled on a huge screen: skier, outdoor lover, bar mitzvah boy, high school and college grad, husband, father, grandfather, and publisher. Perhaps an omen of things to come, Peter Workman proposed to Carolan Raskin in front of the stamp collection at New York's 42nd Street library.
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