Storer Boardman Lunt joined W.W. Norton and Company as a sales manager in 1930. After founder William Warder Norton’s death in 1945, Norton became employee–owned with Lunt the first president and later chairman of the board. Lunt’s obituary in the New York Times noted the exceptionally strong relationships he built with his authors. Lunt was a president of the American Book Publishers Council and guided its amalgamation with the Association of American Publishers.