Robert Riger ’81

Robert Riger ’81, of New York City; Jan 26, of complications from the flu. A publisher and author, he began his career at Book-of-the-Month Club and left to become president of the Doubleday Book Club. In 1990 he cofounded Market Partners International (MPI), a publishing consulting firm whose clients included Amazon, Jim Henson Productions, and a number of international clients. With Kermit the Frog he coauthored  One Frog Can Make a Difference: Kermit’s Guide to Life in the ’90s. Following MPI, he worked at Penguin Press and Barnes & Noble, then returned to publishing at Simon & Schuster, where he was most recently vice president and director of the Pimsleur Language Programs. At the time of his death he was working with a coauthor on Book Publishing: What Everyone Needs to Know. He was a member of the Mayflower Society and the Publishing Triangle. He enjoyed genealogy and photography. He is survived by his husband, Richard D. Piper ’76 AM; three sisters; two brothers; an aunt; two nieces; and a nephew.