Background
Somers, Donald Wesley was born on September 5, 1935 in Hartwick, Iowa, United States. Son of Milo Clyde and Bessie Leona (Smith) Somers.
Somers, Donald Wesley was born on September 5, 1935 in Hartwick, Iowa, United States. Son of Milo Clyde and Bessie Leona (Smith) Somers.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1958.
Advertising salesman Hampton Chronicle, 1958. Regional advertising manager Allied Mills, Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1958—1962. Copywriter The Brady Company, Milwaukee, 1962—1963, supervisor, director, 1963—1979, vice president, creative director, 1979—1988, vice president account services, since 1988, senior vice president, since 1991, also board directors.
Guest lecturer University Wisconsin Extension, Milwaukee, since 1978, Marquette University, 1986—1987, small business seminars, 1986.
Member committee United Fund campaign, Milwaukee, 1976, American Field Svc./American Abroad, Shorewood, 1978. Chairman committee Boy Scouts American, Milwaukee, 1971. Member Milwaukee Area Folk Society, 1980—1983.
President board directors Cameo Trio, Inc., since 1994. Member of Milwaukee Advertising Club (board directors 1976-1978, chairman professional education 1974-1976).
Married Sandra Lorene Lee, September 12, 1956 (divorced 1977). Children: Donald Jeffrey, Timothy Warren, Sara Elizabeth. Married Linda Freyda Spivack, March 4, 1978 (divorced 1993).
Married Sylvia Ruth Maiuri, June 29, 1996.