Background
Edwards, Charles Mundy was born on November 2, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Mundy and Lelia Le Moyne (Gahagan) Edwards.
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Edwards, Charles Mundy was born on November 2, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Mundy and Lelia Le Moyne (Gahagan) Edwards.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, U. Richmond, 1925; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Richmond, 1963; Master of Science in Retailing, New York University, 1930; Distributed control system, New York University, 1936.
Instructor English, head track coach, Staunton Military Academy, Virginia, 1925-1929;
with management division, James McCreery & Company. New York City, 1929-1930;
merchandising and sales promotion executive, Frederick Loeser & Company, Brooklyn, 1930-1931;
with, Institute Retail Management New York University, 1930-1985;
successively lecturer, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, Institute Retail Management New York University, 1943-1963;
Merchants. Council professor retail management, Institute Retail Management New York University, 1964-1970;
dean, Institute Retail Management New York University, 1946-1970;
senior dean university, Institute Retail Management New York University, 1959-1970;
dean emeritus, professor emeritus, Institute Retail Management New York University, 1970-1985.
Consultant retailers and manufacturers, 1936-1985. Senior vice president Search Associations, Inc., Summit, New Jersey. Director Russ Togs, Inc., Concord Fabrics, Inc., Old Deerfield Fabrics, Inc.
(Revised Edition of popular 1936 sales book.)
Second lieutenant to captain United States Army Reserve, 1924-1937. Organizer, director Army Exchange Service School. European Theatre of Operations.
With assimilated rank colonel, 1945. Member National Retail Merchants. Association (director) 1951-1953, Gold medal 1958), American Marketing Association, American Collegiate Retail Association (founding member, president 1948-1949), Kappa Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa, Eta Mu Pi, Alpha Delta Sigma.
Married Nancy Blow Rawls, April 2, 1931 (deceased November 1968). Children: Charles M. III, Richard Franklin. Married Marie Elizabeth Flannery, October 10, 1969.