Budd Gore

Background

Gore, Budd was born on July 1, 1913 in La Grange, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward Everett and Amanda (Burgdorff) Gore.

Education

Student, University Chicago, 1933. Student, Aeronautical University, Chicago, 1941.

Career

Public LaGrange (Illinois) Messenger, 1933-1934. Police reporter, rewriteman City News Bureau Chicago, 1934-1935. Manager sales promotion Chicago Daily News, 1935-1939.

Manager out-of-town promotion, sign bureau, direct mail bureau, assistant to advertising manager Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, 1939-1943, assistant to sales promotion manager, 1945-1946, manager advertising, 1947-1952. Owner Budd Gore & Company, 1952-1953. Assistant to executive editor Chicago Sun-Times, 1953-1954.

Director publicity The Halle Brothers Company, Cleveland, 1954-1956. Manager retail advertising, manager advertising, assistant to general manager Chicago Daily News, 1956-1961. Manager sales promotion public relations Library Science Ayres & Company, Indianapolis, 1961-1964.

Vice president, manager sales promotion Halle Brothers Company, Cleveland, 1964-1965. Vice president Ralf Shockey & Associates, New York City, 1965-1966. Vice president marketing Finance Magazine, 1966-1967.

Vice president, manager sales promotion division National Retail Merchants Association, 1967-1969. President Budd Gore & Company, Scarsdale, New York, 1969-1974. Director marketing Times Public Company, Gainesville, Georgia, 1974-1975, manager advertising, 1975-1977.

President Budd Gore & Company, 1977-1978. President, marketing consultant, editor Budd Gore, Inc., Austin, since 1978. Editor Kyle (Texas) EAGLE, since 1987.

Chief administrative officer Manhattan projects metallurgical laboratory University Chicago, 1943-1945. Manager sales promotion H&S Pogue Company, Cincinnati, 1946-1947.

Achievements

• Budd Gore has been listed as a noteworthy marketing consultant, newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The name of the game is sell!: Never forget the fundamentals

Membership

Co-founder Retail Advertising Conference, Chicago, since 1952, co-director, 1952-1965, public relations counsel Eastern division American Red Cross, 1958-1970. 1st civilian supervisor Greater Chicago Air Defense Filter Center and Illinois Ground Observer Corps. posts, 1946-1947. Chief warden Chicago Civil Defense Corps., 1947-1948.

Connections

Married Margaret Ellen Masterson, April 22, 1938 (deceased 1984). Children: James, Judith, Cary, Annual.

Father:

Edward Everett Gore

Mother:

Amanda (Burgdorff) Gore

Spouse:

Margaret Ellen Masterson

child:

James Gore

child:

Cary Gore

child:

Judith Gore

child:

Annual Gore