Marlene Carmen Kahla

Background

Kahla, Marlene Carmen was born on July 21, 1951 in Alvin, Texas, United States. Daughter of Charlie Carmon and Martha Hazel (Bahler) Waits.

Education

Student, Alvin Community College, 1969-1970; Bachelor of Business Administration, Sam Houston State University, 1973; Master of Business Administration, Sam Houston State University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1988.

Career

Teacher, yearbook sponsor, Tomball (Texas) Indiana School District, 1974-1979; adult education teacher accounting, Tomball (Texas) Indiana School District, 1978; lecturer, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1981, 82; from instructor to assistant professor marketing, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, since 1979. Reviewer and participant Southern Marketing Association Conference, New Orleans, 1980. Reviewer of marketing texts Kent Public, Boston, since 1983.

Participant S.W. and American Institute Decision Sciences, Houston, 1983, reviewer national conference, Las Vegas, 1985.

Achievements

• Marlene Carmen Kahla has been listed as a noteworthy Marketing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Family Ministers A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church, Alto, Texas, since 1986, director Vacation Bible School, 1985, 86, president women's club, 1986, member choir. Marketing director Texas Sesquicentennial Association, Alto, 1985-1986. President Alto Elementary Parent-Teachers Association, 1986-1987.

President; Member American Association of University Women (international director 1980), Association University Professional Women (past vice president, president), American Marketing Association, Alpha Kappa Psi (co-sponsor since 1981).

Interests

• Avocations: riding horses, bicycling, singing, playing baseball, playing piano.

Connections

Married Ralph LaRue Kahla Junior, August 14, 1971. Children: Steven Carmon, Margo Caroline.

Father:

Charlie Carmon Waits

Mother:

Martha Hazel (Bahler) Waits

Spouse:

Ralph LaRue Kahla Junior

child:

Margo Caroline Kahla

child:

Steven Carmon Kahla