Background
Ferriss, David Platt was born on January 27, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of Henry Theodore and Edith (Platt) Ferriss.
Ferriss, David Platt was born on January 27, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of Henry Theodore and Edith (Platt) Ferriss.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1940.
Reporter St. Louis Star-Times, 1940-1941. Vice president Gardner Advertising Company, Inc., St. Louis, New York City, 1946-1970. President Ralph Jones Advertising, Inc., Cincinnati, 1970-1975.
Chairman Fahlgren & Ferriss Inc., 1975-1978. Public Cincinnati Magazine, 1979-1980. Vice president The Angus Group, 1980-1985.
Chairman Stuempel, Ferriss & Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, 1985-1995. Associate lecturer English, Washington University, 1947-1951, George Washington University, 1951-1952. Lecturer business communications University Cincinnati, 1976-1979.
Captain Counter Intelligence Corps, Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Captain Central Intelligence Agency, 1951-1952. Member American Marketing Association (chapter president 1982-1983), Advertising Club Cincinnati (president 1979, Silver Medal award), Gyro International (president Cincinnati chapter 1987-1988), Cincinnati Country Club, Yale Club (New York City, Cincinnati, president 1996-1997).
Married Marion Harris Ford, July 9, 1942 (divorced July 1951). Children: Carol (deceased 1967), Marion Ferriss Wilson. Married Elizabeth Lashly States, May 17, 1952 (divorced July 1963).
Married Jean O. Browne, Jan 18, 1964 (divorced March 1976). Married Ruth Knight Schneider, September 2, 1976.