Terence Doherty, longtime sales rep and father of HarperCollins sales rep Ian Doherty, died December 16. He was 81.
Doherty was born in London, England, and moved to the U.S. in the 1950s. He worked as a sale rep for Bantam Books, New American Library, Harper & Row and, for the longest period, Simon & Schuster. In his later years, he was an associate publisher for Middle Atlantic Press.
Services were held privately at the request of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Reading Is Fundamental. For more information or to e-mail a condolence, please visit lpwoosterfuneralhome.com.