Background
Alden, Vernon Roger was born on April 7, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arvid W. and Hildur Pauline (Johnson) Alden.
Alden, Vernon Roger was born on April 7, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arvid W. and Hildur Pauline (Johnson) Alden.
AB magna cum laude, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1945. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, Providence, 1964. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Emerson College, Boston, 1957. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, 1964. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1965.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1965. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Loyola University, 1966. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wilberforce University, Ohio, 1970.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ottawa University, 1970. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts, 1972. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), North Park College, 1965.
Doctor of Letters, Ohio University, 1969. DPS, Bowling Green University, 1969. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bethany College, 1970.
Admission officer, Brown U., 1946-1948; assistant director admissions, Northwestern University, 1950-1951; director finance aid, Harvard Graduate School Business Administration associate dean, faculty, Harvard Graduate School Business Administration, 1951-1961; educational director, U. Hawaii Advanced Management Program, summer 1960; educational director, Keio U. Advanced Management Program, Tokyo., summers 1960-1961; president, Ohio U., Athens, 1962-1969; Chairman of the Board, chairman of the executive committee, Boston Company and subsidiary Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, 1969-1978. Board directors Colgate-Palmolive Company, Digital Equipment Corporation, Intermet Corporation, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, Tax-Free Trust Funds Hawaii, Oregon and Rhode Island, ML-Lee Fund, Indiana General Partners. Honorary consul-general Kingdom of Thailand.
Chairman President' Task Force Job Corps Program, committee Future of U. Mass, 1971, chairman Massachusetts Council Arts/Humanities, 1972-1984, Massachusetts Business Development Council/Foreign Business Council, 1978-1983. Life trustee Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mus.Sci., Boston. Chairman arts facilities committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fellow emeritus BrownU. Chairman of the executive committee, life trustee French Library., Boston. Advising committee Harvard Program Japan-United States Rels.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member National Association Japan-American Socs. (chairman), Japan Society of Boston (chairman), Somerset Club (Boston), Edgartown Yacht Club (Martha's Vineyard), Country Club (Brookline), Farm Neck Golf Club (Martha's Vineyard), Mariner Sands (Florida) Country Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Theta, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Marion Frances Parson, August 18, 1951 (deceased August 1999). Children: Robert Parson, Anne Elizabeth, James Malcolm, David Douglas.
