Background
Carlson, Curtis Keith was born on September 27, 1946 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of Paul Elmer and Edith Mae (Olson) Carlson.
marketing professional public relations executive
Carlson, Curtis Keith was born on September 27, 1946 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of Paul Elmer and Edith Mae (Olson) Carlson.
Bachelor, Southern College, Collegedale, Tennessee, 1968; Master of Arts, Memphis State University, 1970.
General manager, Station WSMC-FM, Collegedale, 1967-1968; assistant pastor, Memphis 1st 7th-Day Adventist Church, 1968-1969; writer, producer, Station WKNO-television, Memphis, 1969-1970; instructor communications, director production services Station WSMC, Southern College, 1970-1973; president, Filmsound, Inc. and University Promotion Systems, Collegedale and Decatur, Georgia, 1973-1980; program director, Station WVWI, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1980-1982; assistant professor, head mass communications department, Sioux Falls (South Dakot) College, 1982-1985; director public relations, Berry College, Rome, Georgia, 1985-1990; director university relations, Illinois State University, Normal, 1990-1994; associate vice president university relations, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia., since 1994. French horn player Rome, Symphony, 1987-1990.
Member executive planning committee Dakota Sioux Tribes Development Corporation, Sioux Falls, 1984-1985. Member Public Relations Society of America (founding chairman counselors to higher education 1998-2000), South Dakota Advertising Federation (board directors 1983-1985), Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Southeast region, awards chair A-V section, commissioner commission on communications and marketing 2001-2004), Rome Chamber of Commerce, Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau (board directors 1987-1990, chairman 1990), American Heart Association (board directors Rome chapter 1988-1989), Rotary.
Married Norma Jean Young, June 29, 1969 (divorced February 1980). Married Dianne Sirna Mancus, March 5, 1981. Children: Philip Mancus, Gibran Mancus, Catherine Carlson.