Background
Merrill, Harwood Ferry was born on August 2, 1904 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Dana True and Edith Claire (Ferry) Merrill.
Merrill, Harwood Ferry was born on August 2, 1904 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Dana True and Edith Claire (Ferry) Merrill.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1926. Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1928.
Harvard Business School, 1928-1930. Assistant director advertising Curtiss-Wright Corporation, 1930-1932. Industrial editor Forbes magazine, 1932-1936, managing editors
1936-1940.
Company-founder, editor Modern Industry magazine, 1940-1959. Vice president, editorial director Magazines of Industry, 1948-1949. Vice president Eagle-Picher Sales Company, general manager paint and varnish division, 1949-1953, assistant to president, 1953-1956.
Editor-in-chief American Management Association, 1956-1957, vice president, editor, 1957-1959, vice president membership and publications, 1959-1967.
Also director Vice president Junior Achievement Greater Cincinnati, 1955-1956.
Member alumni council Harvard Business School, 1946-1949. Member New York Business Paper.
Married Dorothy Merrill, March 20, 1931. Children: Anne Blossom (Mistress William Webb Fancher), Dana True World World War II Research assistant.