Ken Ward McCleary

Background

McCleary, Ken Ward was born on March 2, 1947 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Mary Elizabeth McCleary.

Education

Student, Center Michigan University, 1967. Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Mmgt., Michigan State University, 1970. Master of Business Administration, Michigan State University, 1971.

Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing, Michigan State University, 1977.

Career

Assistant manager, Kellogg Center for Continuing Education, East Lansing, Michigan, 1970-1972; assistant director, acting director, Michigan Education Association Conference Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1972-1973; from assistant professor to associate professor, Center Michigan U., Mount Pleasant, 1973-1980; acting department chairman marketing and hospitality administration, Center Michigan U., Mount Pleasant, 1981; professor hospitality marketing, Center Michigan U., Mount Pleasant, 1981-1989; professor hospitality and tourism management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1989. Owner Wightman House Bed & Breakfast, Mount Pleasant, 1986-1988. President, consultant Ken.

W. McCleary & Associations, Mount Pleasant, 1984-1989, Blacksburg, since 1989.

Achievements

• Ken Ward McCleary has been listed as a noteworthy Hospitality marketing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Marketing of Hospitality Services: Current Issues and Perspectives

Membership

Advisory committee Chip Oaks Plantation Farm Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1990. Board directors Mount Pleasant History Society, 1988-1989. Fellow International Academy Hospitality Research, Michigan Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education (president 1983-1984).

Member Metro Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (Faculty of Year 1994), American Marketing Association, National Restaurant Association, Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education, Virginia Partners of the American mathematical society.

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, music, horticulture, wine.

Connections

Married Karen Marie Dobias, June 6, 1966 (divorced June 1976). Children: Blake, Ryan. Married Pamela Ann Weaver, January 1, 1983.

Father:

Robert Lee McCleary

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth McCleary

Spouse:

Karen Marie Dobias

Spouse:

Pamela Ann Weaver

child:

Ryan McCleary

child:

Blake McCleary