Background
Scales, Melvin Julius was born on July 8, 1954 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Melvin Julius and Edna (Gamble) Scales.
Scales, Melvin Julius was born on July 8, 1954 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Melvin Julius and Edna (Gamble) Scales.
Associate of Arts, Brevard College, 1974; Bachelor, Wake Forest U., 1976.
Associate national promotion manager, Leggs Products Inc., Winston-Salem, 1976-1981; senior national promotion manager, Hardees Food Systems Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1981; regional marketing supervisor, Wendy's International Inc., Atlanta, 1982; national accounts manager, Bradham, Gamble and Galloway Inc., Winston-Salem, 1982-1983; senior brand promotion planner, Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, 1983-1986; sales promotion manager, Busch Creative Services Inc., St. Louis, 1986-1990; senior account manager, Glennon & Company, St. Louis, 1990; manager sales promotion and development, Apsco Incentives, St. Louis, 1990-1991; director sales promotion, Hermann Marketing, St. Louis, since 1991. Visiting professor National Urban League, New York City, 1984-1988.
Member Forsyth County Emergency Management Commission, Winston-Salem, 1980-1981, Bishop McGuinnes High School Board, Winston-Salem, 1984-1986. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Winston-Salem, 1985-1986. Member American Management Association, Promotion Marketing Association American (education committee since 1989).
Married Yvette Bishop, December 26, 1987.