Background
Cox, David Carson was born on July 31, 1937 in Orange City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Earl Byron and Ruth Elinor (Carson) Cox.
Cox, David Carson was born on July 31, 1937 in Orange City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Earl Byron and Ruth Elinor (Carson) Cox.
AB magna cum laude with honors in Economics, Stanford University, 1959; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1961.
Vice president, general manager, Lawry's Foods, Inc., Los Angeles and Paris, 1962-1975; vice president, general manager, Litton Microwave Company, Minneapolis, 1975-1979; vice president, general manager, Toro Company, Minneapolis, 1979-1981; executive vice president, chief operating officer, Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, 1981-1985; president, chief operating officer, treasurer, Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, 1984-1985; president, chief Executive officer, Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, since 1985; corporation secretary, Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, 1983-1984; director, Cowles Media Company, Minneapolis, since 1982. Board directors National Computer Systems, Minneapolis, Tennant Company, Minneapolis, NWNL Companies, Inc.
Trustee Macalester College, Minneapolis. Board directors Guthrie Theater, 1977-1986, vice president, 1982, president, 1983-1985, chairman, since 1985. Board directors Minnesota Business Partnership, Inc., since 1985, United Way Minneapolis, since 1991.
Lieutenant United States Army, 1962-1964. Member Newspaper Association American (chair postal affairs subcommittee since 1991, vice chair committee on government and legal public policy since 1992, board directors since 1991), Council Foreign Relations Minneapolis, Harvard Business School Club, Stanford Alumni Club, Minikahda Club, Minneapolis Club.
Married Vicki Bever, August 29, 1958. Children: Brian Bever, Carson Burns.