Background
Stanford, Melvin Joseph was born on June 13, 1932 in Logan, Utah, United States. Son of Joseph Sedley and Ida Pearl (Ivie) Stanford.
Stanford, Melvin Joseph was born on June 13, 1932 in Logan, Utah, United States. Son of Joseph Sedley and Ida Pearl (Ivie) Stanford.
Bachelor of Science (First Security Foundation scholar), Utah State University, 1957. Master of Business Administration (Donald Kirk David fellow), Harvard University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1968.
Assistant audit supervisor Utah Tax Commission, 1959-1961, auditor, 1958-1959. Accountant Haskins & Sells, Certified Public Accountants, Boston, 1961-1962. Accounting staff analyst Arabian American Oil Corporation, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1963-1966.
Teaching and research assistant University Illinois, Urbana, 1966-1968. Member faculty Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1968-1982, director management development programs, 1970-1973, professor business management, 1974-1982. Dean College Business, Mankato (Minnesota) State University, 1982-1989, professor management, 1989-1994, professor emeritus, since 1994.
Member advisory board Master of Laws Bigelow & Company, Inc., Organ Builders. Consultant Strategic Planning, Decision Case Management, New Enterprise Management. Visiting professor management Boston University, Europe, 1975-1976.
Visiting professor agricultural management University Minnesota, 1991-1992.
Bishop, Mankato ward Latter Day Saints Church, 1987-1991. Volunteer missionary Latter Day Saints Church, Boston, 1997-1999. With United States Air Force, 1951-1955, United States Army Reserve, 1956-1980.
Fellow North America Case Research Association (vice president for research 1985-1986, president 1987-1988, Curtis E. Tate Junior Outstanding Case Writer award 1992). Member Sons of the American Revolution (president Utah 1978-1979, national trustee 1979-1981, Meritorious Service medal 1981, Patriot medal 1991), Kiwanis, Sons of Utah Pioneers, Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Yvonne Watson, February 8, 1951 (divorced 1956). Children: Connie Stanford Tendick, Cheryl Stanford Bohn. Married Linda Barney, September 2, 1960.
Children: Joseph Barney Stanford, Theodore Barney Stanford, Emily Stanford Schultz, Charlotte Stanford Vaughan, Charles Barney Stanford, Sarah Stanford.