Background
Edlund, Roscoe Claudius was born on July 30, 1888 in Brooklyn. Son of Claudius and Emma (Anderson) Edlund.
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Roscoe Claudius Edlund
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Education
AB, Cornell Univercity, 1909; postgraduate, New York School Social Work, 1913-1914.
Career
Secretary to president Cornell University, 1909-1912, director publications, 1909-1912. Assistant to general director Russell Sage Foundation, 1912-1914. Assistant secretary Cleve Community Chest, 1914-1915.
Managing director Baltimore Community Chest, 1916-1919, Hampden County Improvement League, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1920-1926. Manager National Association American Soap and Glicerine Producers, 1927-1948. Plans board chairman Fred Rudge, Incorporated, New York York City, 1948-1950.
Principal Roscoe C. Edlund Associates, management consultant, New York City, 1950-1965, Kansas City, Missouri, 1965-1974. Associate Rogers, Slade & Hill, Inc., management consultant, New York City, 1954-1965.
Politics
Christians should engage the culture through discipleship and through participation in the democratic political process in order to fulfill the kingdom mandate taught in the Bible.
Views
Life is not about things, possessions, or money, but about relationships.
Membership
Board directors, secretary, vice president Eastchester (New York ) Community Fund, 1952-1965, secretary Baltimore Fund, 1916-1919. Chairman McCoy Hall Recreation Commission for Soldiers and Sailors, Baltimore, 1916-1919. Organizer, director, treasurer American Fat Salvage Committee, New York City, 1942-1948.
Board governors Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, New York, 1954-1959, vice president, 1959. Member advisory board Christian Crusade, Tulsa. Member men's committee Japan International Christian University Foundation, from 1967.
Honorary board directors Rockhurst College, from 1979. Historian Class of 1909, Cornell University. Fellow Harry S. Truman Library Institute (honorary).
Member American (secretary-treasurer, vice president, president, chairman, honorary life), New York (secretary-treasurer, vice president, president chairman, honorary life), Kansas City societies association executives, National Association of Manufacturers (chairman association executive group 1936), Chamber of Commerce United States (member associations service committee), Association Management Consultants (trustee 1970-1972, award of honor 1974, honorary life member), Britannica Society, American Viewpoint Inc. (director 1945-1973, secretary 1952-1959), Laymen's National Bible Committee (advisory committee from 1945), American Bible Society (board managers, 1952-1965), Kansas City International Relations Council, Kansas City People-to People Council, Friends of Art Nelson Gallery, International Platform Association, United Nations Association Common Cause, Siwanoy Country Club (Bronxville, New York ), Tower Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Alpha Chi Rho.
Connections
Married Esther Gillette Alling, May 2, 1916 (deceased April 5, 1965). 1 son, Harold Alling.
Awards
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Recipient Wisdom award of honor Wisdom Society, Honorary Alumnus award College Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University, Notable Americans award, 1978-1979. Honored guest National Wholesale Druggists Association 100th Anniversary Convention, 1977. Contributed toward videotape teaching center named Roscoe Company Edlund Videotape Room in department communication arts Cornell University.Recipient Wisdom award of honor Wisdom Society, Honorary Alumnus award College Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University, Notable Americans award, 1978-1979. Honored guest National Wholesale Druggists Association 100th Anniversary Convention, 1977. Contributed toward videotape teaching center named Roscoe Company Edlund Videotape Room in department communication arts Cornell University.