Background
Edwards, Esther G. was born in Oconee, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Berry and Bertha Ida (Fuller) Gordy.
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Esther G. Edwards
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Education
Educated, Howard U. educated, Wayne State University.
Career
Senior vice president, secretary, director, Motown Record Corporation, Detroit, 1959-1988; with, Jobete Music Public Company, Inc., since 1959; senior vice president, corporate secretary, Motown Industries, Hollywood, California, 1973-1988; founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Motown History Museum, Detroit, since 1985. Director Bank of the Commonwealth, 1972-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Detroit Economics Growth Corporation. Founder, executive director Gordy Foundation, since 1968. Chairman Wayne County Democratic Women's Committee, 1956.
Michigan delegate-at-large Democratic National Convention, 1960. Board directors Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change. Former trustee Detroit Institute Arts.
Member corporation.Lawrence Technology U., Southfield, Michigan. Commissioner Michigan History Commission, 1989-1995. Member Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce (treasurer, Executive Board 1973-1979), Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitor's Bureau (director), Economics Club Detroit (director), African American Heritage Association (founder, chairman), Alpha Kappa Alpha, Gamma Phi Delta.
Connections
Married George H. Edwards, April 12, 1951 (deceased). 1 son (by previous marriage), Robert Berry Bullock.
