Background
Hawkinson, James R. was born on February 10, 1895 in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, United States. Son of John and Judith (Nelson) Hawkinson.
Hawkinson, James R. was born on February 10, 1895 in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, United States. Son of John and Judith (Nelson) Hawkinson.
AB, Carleton College, 1917; Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1929.
Sales supervisor Wisconsin division, Proctor & Gamble Distributing Company, 1919-1924;
instructor, U. North Dakota, 1924-1926;
instructor School Commerce, Northwestern University, 1926-1929;
assistant dean, associate professor, acting dean, Northwestern University, 1930-1939;
department chairman, Northwestern University, 1947-1950;
professor marketing emeritus, Northwestern University, from 1963. Visiting professor U. Arizona, 1964, Syracuse University, 1965-1966. Taught Stanford University Graduate School Business summers 1949, 50, and executive development program, 1952.
Executive program University of Michigan, summers 1954, 56. Lecturer Cornell Univercity, summer 1954;taught Institute Graduate Study Business Administration, Turin, Italy, 1955-1956. Executive development program Stanford University, summer 1957, University Texas, 1957, 58, 59, 60, 62, U. Colorado, 1959.
Sales and marketing consultant, lecturer.
With United States Civil Service Commission as senior negotiations and review officer, later director Federal Work Improvement Program, 1942-1944. Chief commerce section, Shrivenham-American University, England, 1945. Civilian advisory, lecture bureau, United States Army, Frankfort, Germany, 1946.
Marketing consultant European Productivity Agency, Paris, 1956. Consultant management development Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, Milan, Italy, 1960-1961. Member American Management Association (planning council, marketing division 1948-1958), American Economic Association, American Marketing Association, American Association University Professors, National Sales Executives Association (chairman commission relations with university and colleges), University Club, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, Sigma Chi.
