Background
Brewer, Melvin Duane was born on March 6, 1913 in Rochester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Percy McPherson and Ida Viola (Noss) Brewer.
Brewer, Melvin Duane was born on March 6, 1913 in Rochester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Percy McPherson and Ida Viola (Noss) Brewer.
Student, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1932. AB, Washington and Jefferson College, 1937. HHD (honorary), Washington and Jefferson College, 1985.
Served successively as alumni secretary dean freshmen, director admissions Washington and Jefferson College, 1937-1944, assistant to president, 1946-1948. Member staff Marts & Lundy, Incorporated, New York York City, since 1948, vice president, secretary, 1961-1969, executive vice president, treasurer, 1969-1971, president, since 1971, chairman, 1974-1978, senior consultant, since 1978. Trustee Washington and Jefferson College (life).
Board directors National Society Prevention Blindness. Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Association Fund Raising Counsel, Phi Kappa Psi.
Married Lila Margaret Scott, November 28, 1940. Children: Melvin Duane (deceased), Barbara Jo (Mistress John T. Davis), Margaret Scott (Mistress Robert Brower).