James Oswald Kemm

Background

Kemm, James Oswald was born on May 6, 1921 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Oswald Fred and Vivian Beatrice (Baldridge) Kemm.

Education

Student, Southwest Missouri State College, 1939-1942; BJ, U. Missouri, 1947; postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1948.

Career

Assistant professor journalism, Rider College, Trenton, New Jersey, 1947-1949; copy reader, Springfield Newspapers, Inc., 1949-1952; district representative oil information committee, American Petroleum Institute, Kansas City, Missoury, 1952-1953; senior district representative oil information committee, American Petroleum Institute, Tulsa, 1953-1958; executive manager, Oklahoma Petroleum Council, Tulsa, 1958-1982; executive vice president public relations, Oklahoma-Kansas Oil and Gas Association, Tulsa, 1982-1983; private practice public relations consultant, writer, Tulsa, since 1983.

Achievements

• James Oswald Kemm has been listed as a notable freelance writer, public relations consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Oklahoma Highway Users Federal, 1970-1985, Oklahoma History Society, 1983-1992, 95—, president, 1988-1990. Chairman Gov's. Council Tourist Development, Oklahoma, 1964-1966. Served to sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1945.

Member Public Relations Society of America (accredited, president Oklahoma chapter 1959-1960, Public Relations Professional of Year 1980), American Society Association Executives (life, Award of Merit 1977), Tulsa Society of Association Executives (president 1965), Sigma Delta Chi (president Eastern Oklahoma chapter 1969).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, Indian art.

Connections

Married Betty Ann Harner, June 12, 1947. Children: Nancy, Kathleen, Martha.

Father:

Oswald Fred Kemm

Mother:

Vivian Beatrice (Baldridge) Kemm

Spouse:

Betty Ann Harner

child:

Martha Kemm

child:

Nancy Kemm

child:

Kathleen Kemm