Background
Hook, Donald Wayne Van was born on June 1, 1938 in Stanford, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Orville and Althene Jones Van Hook.
Hook, Donald Wayne Van was born on June 1, 1938 in Stanford, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Orville and Althene Jones Van Hook.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio University, 1960.
Assistant advertising manager Monarch Marketing Systems Company, Dayton, Ohio, 1960—1962. Copywriter Yeck & Yeck Advertising, Inc., 1962—1964, Deere & Company Advertising, Moline, Illinois, 1964—1971. Supervisor industrial advertising Deere & Company, 1971—1972.
Manager European Advertising Center, Mannheim, 1972—1976, manager overseas advertising Moline, Illinois, 1976—1984, manager agricultural advertising, since 1984. Editorial board member Agri-Marketing, 1981. With United States Army Reserve, 1961-1967.
Member executive board local council Boy Scouts America, 1967—1971. Board directors Bethany Home. Member of National Agri-Marketing Association (named Agri Marketer of Year), International Advertising Association, Association National Advertisers, American Management Association.
Married Beverly Gwinn Hennen, October 26, 1963. Children: Andrea Gwinn, James Carlton, Alison Lin.