Background
Burgess, Frederick Manley was born on November 7, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Marsden Burgess and Edna Louise (Manley) Foster.
marketing and economics educator
Burgess, Frederick Manley was born on November 7, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Marsden Burgess and Edna Louise (Manley) Foster.
Bachelor of Science, Haverford College, 1928; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1931-1935, 37-38; postgraduate, American U., 1945-1946; postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1949-1952; Master of Business Administration, Indiana U., 1949.
Reporter, New Rochelle (New York) News, 1928-1929; public manager, Lay Company, Inc., New York City, 1929-1930; merchandising specialist, DuPont Company. New York City, 1930-1937; assistant advertising manager, American Cynamid and Chemical Corporation, New York City, 1937-1938; manager sales promotion, Columbia Mills, Inc., 1938-1940; instructor, Indiana U., 1946-1949; sales manager, Station WTTS, Bloomington, Indiana, 1949; lecturer in marketing, University of Pennsylvania, 1949-1951, 57-58; public information manager, Office of Price Stabilization, Philadelphia, 1951-1953; associate dean, director admissions, University College associate professor marketing and economics, Villanova (Pennsylvania) U., 1953-1985.
Publicity director Philadelphia Fire Prevention Week Program, 1953, director fire prevention programs 1955-1978. Vice chairman citizens committee Philadelphia Fire Department, 1986, 88-93, chairman public relations committee, 1987. Board directors Marple Newton School district, 1968-1973, vice president board directors Marple Newton Adult School, 1974-1986.
Member American Economic Association, Association for Continuing Higher Education (merit award 1976), Beta Gamma Sigma, Quarterly Club Villanova University Retired Faculty (president 1989-1993).
Married Alice Trundy, December 8, 1938 (divorced 1940). Married Barbee Gale Lawson, January 18, 1941. Children: Eric Lawson, Geoffrey Marsden.