Sanford T. Beldon

Background

Beldon, Sanford T. was born on November 9, 1932 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Evelyn (Jacobson) Beldon.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, City College of New York, 1955. Postgraduate, New York University Graduate School Business, 1956—1957.

Career

Publicist, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York City, 1956-1959; publicity director, Fawcett Publs., Inc., New York City, 1959-1962; assistant director public relations, Crowell-Collier-Macmillan, New York City, 1963-1965; director advertising and public relations, education group, Litton Industries, White Plains, New York, 1966-1968; director promotion, Baker & Taylor division W.R. Grace Company, 1968-1971; director marketing book division, Rodale Press, Inc., Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1971-1974; director advertising, Organic Gardening magazine, Emmaus, 1974-1978; vice president, Organic Gardening magazine, Emmaus, 1974-1982; public, Organic Gardening magazine, Emmaus, 1978-1986; group vice president, Organic Gardening magazine, Emmaus, 1982-1991; senior vice president, Organic Gardening magazine, Emmaus, 1991-1998. Public New Shelter magazine, 1984-1986, Public Prevention Magazine, 1986-1991, senior vice president, since 1991. Board directors Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley, since 1996.

Achievements

• Sanford T. Beldon has been listed as a noteworthy publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President ecology advisory committee Allentown (Pennsylvania) City Council, 1972-1975. Board directors Lehigh Valley Child Care, Allentown, 1974-1982, president board, 1976-1980. Board directors Lehigh Valley Conservancy, Allentown, 1976-1977, Planned Parenthood Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978, Lehigh County Youth and Childrens Office, 1999-2002, Jewish Family Service Lehigh Valley, 2000-2003.

Member board associates Cedar Crest College, since 1985. Trustee, member corporation committee, chairman marketing committees Allentown Art Museum, 1992-2005, president board trustees, 1997-2006, member executive committee, since 2006, chairman board trustees, since 2010. Board directors 2nd Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley, 1996-2007, member, 2008- chairman, 2002-2007, board chairman, since 2010.

Member Pennsylvania Housing Advisory Commission, 1997-2002. Trustee Lehigh County History Society, since 2007.

Connections

Married Jeanne Sherman, June 25, 1967 (deceased November 1992). Married Patricia Wood, February 4, 1995. Children: Mary, Kenneth, Emily.

Father:

Benjamin Beldon

Mother:

Evelyn (Jacobson) Beldon

Spouse:

Jeanne Sherman

Spouse:

Patricia Wood

child:

Emily Beldon

child:

Mary Beldon

child:

Kenneth Beldon