Background
Faison, Edmund Winston Jordan was born on October 13, 1926 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Nathan Marcus and Margery Lucille (Jordan) Faison.
Faison, Edmund Winston Jordan was born on October 13, 1926 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Nathan Marcus and Margery Lucille (Jordan) Faison.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, George Washington University, 1948; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1956.
Research assistant, National Research Council, Washington, 1948-1949;
manager experimental laboratory, Needham, Louis and Brorby, Chicago, 1955-1956;
account executive, Leo Burnett Company, 1957-1958;
vice president, Market Facts, Inc., Chicago, 1959;
president, Visual Research International, Zurich, Switzerland, 1960-1963;
adviser, Agency for International Development, Department State. Latin American, 1963-1968;
professor business administration, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1968-1989;
chairman marketing Department, University Hawaii, 1975-1982. Chairman of the Board Scandata Hawaii, Inc., East-West Research and Design, Inc.
Visiting professor London Graduate School Business Studies, 1974-1975.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, United States Air Force, 1950-1954. Member American Psychological Association, Society Consumer Behavior, American Marketing Association (president Honolulu chapter 1973-1974), Academy Marketing Science, Academy Management, American Academy Advertising, American Association Public Opinion, Sales and Marketing Executives International, Advertising Research Foundation, Japan-American Society, Honolulu Advertising Federation, Market Research Society (United Kingdom), Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Visitors Bureau, Small Business Association Hawaii, Honolulu Academy Arts, All-Industry Packaging Association (chairman 1961), European Packaging Federation (United States representative 1961), World Packaging Organisation, Sigma Xi, Pi Sigma Epsilon, Pacific Club, Oahu Country Club, Kaneohe Yacht Club, Rotary.
Married Lois Harger Parker. Children: Charles Parker, Dorothy Anne, Barbara Jeane, Edmund Junior, Diane, Carol.