Edmund Philip Sanford

Background

Sanford, Edmund Philip was born on March 23, 1923 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Edmund Philip Senior and Sylvia Mae (Limle) Sanford.

Education

Bachelor in Speech and Communications, University of Michigan, 1946; Master of Arts in Speech and Communications, University of Michigan, 1947.

Career

Production manager, Station WTTH Radio, Port Huron, Michigan, 1947-1949; program director, sales manager, Gerity Broadcasting Company, Adrian and Bay City, Michigan, 1949-1957; account executive, Station WKAT, Miami Beach, Florida, 1957-1959; account executive, Station Miami TeleVision Journalism-television (Columbia Broadcasting System), Miami, Florida, 1959-1986; retired, 1986.

Achievements

• Edmund Philip Sanford has been listed as a noteworthy Account executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Organizer Lenawee Theater Guild, Adrian, 1949-1952, president, 1949-1951. Campaign chairman Bay City chapter American Red Cross, 1957. Adviser Junior Achievement Dade County Board Education, Miami, 1975.

Active History Society South Florida, since 1988, Zoological Society Florida, since 1988. Board directors Tropical Audubon Society, Miami, since 1988. Member of advisory board Coral Gables City Pinewood Cemetery, since 1991.

Organizer, spokesman coalition for needed fire-rescue station, South Coral Gables (Florida) Homeowner Assns., since 1988. With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member DAV, 11th Armored Division Association, Sons of the American Revolution (Miami historian 1982-1983), National Huguenot Society (president Miami chapter 1985-1986).

Interests

• Avocations: genealogy, travel, swimming, investments, nature study.

Connections

Married Doris Mae Burmeister, February 7, 1948 (deceased 1988). Married Ellen Koenitzer Monroe, March 23, 1992.

Father:

Edmund Philip Senior Sanford

Mother:

Sylvia Mae (Limle) Sanford

Spouse:

Ellen Koenitzer Monroe

Spouse:

Doris Mae Burmeister