Background
Ade, Erwin Jerome was born on December 1, 1908 in Westport, Connecticut, United States. Son of William and Flora (Loweth) Ade.
Ade, Erwin Jerome was born on December 1, 1908 in Westport, Connecticut, United States. Son of William and Flora (Loweth) Ade.
Bachelor of Science, Washington and Lee University, 1932.
Member firm Tamblyn & Tamblyn (fund raising), New York City, 1936-1938. National fund raising director, commerce and industry division British War Relief Society, 1939. Director fund raising Greater New York Committee Commerce and Industry, United States War Bond, Red Cross and United Service Organizations.
War Fund Campaigns, 1941-1943. Associate director John Price Jones Corporation, New York City, 1945-1947. National campaign director Planned Parenthood Federation American, 1947-1948, American Heart Association, 1948-1949.
Administrative director Citizens Committee for Hoover Report, 1949-1952. Fund raising director National Fund for Medical Education, 1952-1956. President Ade & Bliss, Inc., public relations counsellors, 1956-1957, E. J. Ade & Company, Incorporated, New York York City, 1957-1961, 63-79.
Vice president, director public relations Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc., 1961-1963. President Pointmakers, Inc., Betty Blue Art Centers, Inc. Vice president Marketing Innovations, Inc., since 1970.
President Satellite Marketing Associates, since 1972. Chairman board Genie Meals, Inc., since 1971. Vice president Universal Sports Publications, since 1979.
President-elect Soynette International Inc. President International Coffee Club, 1977.
Board directors Westchester County Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1976. Executive vice president Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Fund. Fund raising counsellor National Planning Association.
Secretary Committee American Industry. Chairman 1960 campaign. Trustee Hudson River Speech Center.
Board directors Fertility Research Foundation. Assistant to chairman Eastern division American Liberty League, 1935, executive secretary Bronx and Richmond Counties, New York City, 1940. Executive secretary United Republican Finance Committee, 1940.
Director Textiles Go to War celebration, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1943. Assistant admissions officer United Nations Conference, San Francisco, 1945. Board counsellors Council on Public Relations, Inc.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member Public Relations Society of America, Explorers Club, Associates Engineer Corps, Company K. Vets, 7th Regiment New York, Pi Kappa Phi. Clubs: University (New York City).
Sleepy Hollow Country, North Palm Beach Country.
Married Mary Jane Carroll, August 13, 1949. Children– Jerome Carroll, James Loweth John.