Background
Lipscomb, Edward Lowndes was born on September 27, 1906 in Hollandale, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Thomas Heber and Lutie (Scott) Lipscomb.
Lipscomb, Edward Lowndes was born on September 27, 1906 in Hollandale, Mississippi, United States. Son of Review Thomas Heber and Lutie (Scott) Lipscomb.
Bachelor of Arts Mississippi, 1927.
Assistant to professor English University Mississippi, 1925-1927. Reporter, newscaster Gulf Coast Guide, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1927-1931, managing editor, 1931-1936. Director Mississippi Advertising Commission, Jackson, 1936-1939.
Director public relations and sales promotion National Cotton Council, 1939-1966, public relations and sales promotion counselor, since 1966. Advertising consultant Cotton Producers Institute, 1962-1970. Chairman public relations committee Eisenhower People-to-People Program, 1956-1957.
Member committee organization International Public Relations Association, 1953, president, 1958-1959. Vice president Agricultural Relations Council, 1953, president, 1955. Member advisory board Public Relations News, 1953-1955, Advertising Federation American Award, 1953.
Member information advisory committee United States Department Agriculture, 1953-1954.
Trustee Foundation Public Relations Research and Education, 1954-1959. Member Public Relations Society of America (president 1952), Textile Bag Manufacturers Association (advertising advisory committee 1944-1956), Gulf Coast Press Association, Mississippi Press Association (past secretary), S.A.R. (president Memphis chapter 1962, president Tennessee 1963, national trustee 1963-1964), Magna Charta Barons, Huguenot Society, Society Americans Royal Descent, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Cornelia Loper, June 21, 1929. Children– Cornelia Blanche, Martha Ethel, Lynda Lowndes.