Background
Welty, Quentin Reed was born on March 27, 1925 in Apple Creek, Ohio, United States. Son of Evan E. and Cloyva M. (Blosser) Welty.
music company and advertising executive
Welty, Quentin Reed was born on March 27, 1925 in Apple Creek, Ohio, United States. Son of Evan E. and Cloyva M. (Blosser) Welty.
Bachelor, Baldwin Wallace College, 1948. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1949. Postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1950.
Head radio Department, University North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1949-1950;
manager, Station WMVO, Mount Vernon, Ohio., 1950-1951;
sales manager, Station WWST, Wooster, Ohio., 1951-1965;
manager, Station WWST, Wooster, Ohio., 1965-1969;
general manager Jamboree U-S-A, Station WWVA, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1969-1971;
owner, Welty Advertising Agency, Wooster, since 1971;
owner, WelDee Music/Red Swan Music, Nashville, since 1971. Co-director Miss Ohio Pageant, Wooster, 1954-1958. Consultant Station WHLO, Akron, Ohio, 1972-1982, Station WDBN, Medina, Ohio, 1982-1988, Station WQKT, Wooster, Ohio, since 1988.
On-board lecturer Princess Cruises, since 1997.
Past board directors Wooster Community Hospital, United Foundation, Wooster. Served as sergeant United States Army, 1943-1945, PTO. Member National Academy Recording Arts and Sciences (life), Country Music Association (life), Nashville Songwriters Association International (life), Ohio Speakers Forum (board directors 1986-1987), National Speakers Association.
Married Gloria Ash, June 21, 1947. Children: Laurel, Sharon, Russell, Dana.