Background
Sturdivant, Frederick David was born on October 17, 1937 in Whitewright, Texas, United States. Son of Wyatt A. and Juanita P. (Phillips) Sturdivant.
Sturdivant, Frederick David was born on October 17, 1937 in Whitewright, Texas, United States. Son of Wyatt A. and Juanita P. (Phillips) Sturdivant.
Bachelor of Science, San Jose State College, 1959. Master of Business Administration, University Oregon, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1963.
Assistant professor, University of Southern California, 1964-1967;
associate professor, University Texas at Austin, 1967-1970;
associate professor, Harvard University, 1970-1972;
M. Riklis professor business and its environment, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1972-1984;
managing director, Gemini Management Consulting, San Francisco, 1984-1996. Director Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, 1973-1981, State Savings, Columbus, 1975-1986, Actmedia, New York City, 1977-1980, Fel-Pro, Inc., Chicago, since 1987. Board of trustees Marketing Science Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1992.
Member Task Force on Marketing and Low-Income Consumers, National Marketing Advisory Committee, Department Commerce, 1967-1970. Consultant Office California Attorney General, 1966, Sen. Charles Percy, 1968; member of advisory county on urban affairs to lieutenant governor, Texas, 1969-1970.
Director research Robert N. Shamansky of Ohio Congressional Campaign, 1980.
Member American Marketing Association, Association for Consumer Research, Southwestern Social Science Association, Business and Society Initiative Council, Academy of Management, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Patricia A. Robinson, December 22, 1959 (divorced 1981). Children– Kaira, Lisha, Brian. Married Teresa A. Mobley, February 3, 1982.