Background
Hower, Ralph M. was born on August 25, 1903 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Edward Charles and Etta (Kistler) Hower.
Hower, Ralph M. was born on August 25, 1903 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Edward Charles and Etta (Kistler) Hower.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1925. Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford, 1928, Master of Arts, 1953. Doctor of Commercial Science, Harvard, 1935.
Doctor Philosophy and Letters, U. Navarra (Spain), 1967.
Instructor economics U. Kansas, 1928-1930. Research assistant business history Harvard, 1930-1934, instructor business history, 1934-1935, assistant professor, 1935-1946, associate professor, 1946-1949, professor business administration, 1949-1970, professor emeritus, 1970-1973. Professor Management Development Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1960-1961.
Consultant administration, executive development several organizations and corporations.
Member of advisory committee Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa, Barcelona, Spain. President Community Council of Weston, Massachusetts, 1947-1949.
Board Assessors, Weston, Massachusetts, 1955-1960. Trustee Business History Foundation.
Served to colonel Quartermaster Corps., Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Association Rhodes Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Club: Harvard (New York City).
Married Elizabeth Niven, June 27, 1928. Children: Alison Mary Steuart, Robert Kistler.