Background
STANTON, Frank Nicholas was born on March 20, 1908 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank Cooper Stanton and Helen Josephine Schmidt.
STANTON, Frank Nicholas was born on March 20, 1908 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank Cooper Stanton and Helen Josephine Schmidt.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1935.
Director CBS Inc. 1945-1978, President 1946-1971, Vice-Chairman 1971-1973, President Emeritus since 1973. Chairman American Red Cross 1973-1979, Vice-President League of Red Cross Societies, Geneva. Licensed Psychologist, New York.
Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology. Director New York Life Insurance Company 81, Atlantic Richfield Company 1973-1981, Pan American World Airways Inc. 1967-1981, American Electric Power Company Inc.
1969-1980, New Perspective Fund, Inc., Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc., EuroPacific Growth Fund, Thinking Machines Corporation, Capital Income Builder Fund, CBS. Chairman Broadcast Institute.
Co-owner Access Press Ltd., New York. Trustee American Crafts Council 1957-1975, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1970-1975, Rockefeller Foundation 1961-1973, The Rand Corporation 1956-1978, Institute Herald Tribune since 1983. Chairman Carnegie Institute of Washington.
Founding Chair, and Trustee, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences 1953-1971. Chairman United States Advisory Commission, on Information 1964-1973. Co-Founder, Office of Radio Research, Princeton University 1937.
Chairman, Panel on Institute Information, Education and Cultural Relations, Georgetown University 1974-1975. Director-Trustee, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Institute Design Conference in Aspen, Lincoln Center Institute, Museum of Broadcasting, etc. Director; Chairman 74, Municipal Art Society of New York 1974-1977.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, New York Academy, of Science.
Co-author: The Study of Psychology, 1935, Radio Research, 1941, 42-43. Author: International Information, Education and Cultural Relations: Recommendations for the Future, 1975. Co-editor Communications Research, 1943-1949.
Board overseers Harvard College, 1978-1984, chairman visiting committee Kennedy School Government, 1979-1985, chairman visiting committee Harvard Graduate School Design, 1990-1991. Founding member, chairman Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1953-1960, trustee, 1953-1971. Chairman American Red Cross, Washington, 1973-1979, vice chairman League of Red Cross Societies, Geneva, Switzerland, 1973-1980.
Member President's Committee Arts and Humanities, Washington, 1983-1990, National Portrait Gallery Commission, Washington, 1973-1992, Business Council, Washington, 1956-2006 (honorary). Director, trustee Bryant Park Restorarion Corporation, Educational Broadcasting Corporation (honorary), International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado, Lincoln Center Institute, Museum of television and Radio, Recorded Anthology American Music. Emeritus trustee, director Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Carnegie Institution Washington.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Century Association, Harvard Club, Cosmos Club.
married Ruth Stephenson, 1931 (deceased 1992).