Background
Tead, Ordway was born on September 10, 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Sampson and Louise Moore (Ordway) Tead.
professor organizational theorist
Tead, Ordway was born on September 10, 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Sampson and Louise Moore (Ordway) Tead.
Graduate Latin High School, Somerville, 1908. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1912, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1942. Doctor of Laws, St. Lawrence University, 1939, Keuka College, 1949, American International College, 1950, Northwestern University, 1952.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Brooklyn College, 1954, Columbia 1954. Doctor of Letters, Bard College, 1953, Rollins College, 1961.
After graduation Tead worked for Valentine, Tead & Gregg. However in 1917 he accepted a position in the Bureau of Industrial Research, New York. Following the U.S.A.'s entry into the First World War he ran the War Department's employment management course at Columbia University.
Tead continued to teach there from 1920 to 1950 and was adjunct professor of industrial relations until 1956. From 1938 to 1953 he was chair of the New York Board of Higher Education, where in 1941 he was involved in sacking any faculty staff who belonged to a Communist, Fascist or Nazi organization. He was actively involved in book publishing both at McGraw Hill and Harper & Row and wrote 21 books himself.
Fellow Amherst College South End House, Boston, 1912-1914. Member industrial consultants, Valentine, Tead & Gregg, 1915-1917. Member American Economics Association, American Management Association, American Psychological Association, Society Advancement Management (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Clubs: Century Association (New York City).
Married Clara A. Murphy, July 29, 1915.