Background
Brockway, Louis Newell was born on March 1, 1897 in Clinton, New York, United States. Son of William Henry and Sarah Ann (Boone) Brockway.
Brockway, Louis Newell was born on March 1, 1897 in Clinton, New York, United States. Son of William Henry and Sarah Ann (Boone) Brockway.
Bachelor of Arts, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1917.
With advertising department Scribner’s Magazine (Chas. Scribner’s Sons), 1919, Eastern advertising manager, 1920-1923, advertising manager, 1923-1926. Advertising manager The American Mercury, (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), 1926-1930.
Account executive Young & Rubicam, New York, New York, 1930-1939, assistant account supervisor, 1939, vice-president and account supervisor, 1939-1943, executive vice president, 1943-1961, director, from 1943, chairman of the executive committee, 1958-1960. Consultant National Ednl. television and Radio Center, from 1960. Trustee Hamilton College.
Served as Lieutenant, infantry, 78th Division, 1917-1919, France, 1918-1919. Member Advertising Council (chairman 1956-1958), American Association Advertising Agencies (chairman 1951-1952), Delta Kappa Epsilon. Independent Presbyterian.
Clubs: Union League, Delta Kappa Epsilon (New York).
Married Germaine Downward, June 15, 1923.