Highly decorated publisher Kate Douglas Torrey, the first woman to serve as director of the UNC Press, will retire this summer.
Torrey was named the sixth director in the 90-year history of the publishing house - the oldest university press in the south - in 1992 after three years as its editor-in-chief. Book Business magazine listed her in the "Top 50 Women in Book Publishing" in 2009.
In a scholarly publishing career spanning more than 36 years, Torrey also served the Association of American University Presses as president and on the board of directors.
