Background
Myers, Vernon C. was born on September 9, 1911 in St. Louis. Son of William Peter and Cora P. (Klein) Myers.
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Vernon C. Myers
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BJ, University Missouri, 1932.
Career
Circulation manager, Effingham (Illinois) Daily Record and Weekly Democrat, 1932-1933; with promotion department, Des Moines Register and Tribune, 1933-1935; promotion manager, Des Moines Register and Tribune, 1935-1938; director visual research, Cowles Magazines, Inc., Des Moines, 1938-1941; member of New York advertising staff, west coast advertising manager, promotion manager, Look magazine, 1941-1943, 46-47; assistant to president, Cowles Magazines, Inc., 1948-1951; vice president, Cowles Magazines, Inc., 1951-1971; board directors, Cowles Communications, Inc., 1952-1971; president Look magazine division, Cowles Communications, Inc., 1967-1971; public, Look magazine, 1952-1967. Trustee Aetna Income Shares, Aetna Fund. Past chairman Magazine Advertising Bureau.
Achievements
Membership
Past vice president board of trustees Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Past trustee Automotive Safety Foundation With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Society Professional Journalists, National Municipal League (executive county, Distinguished Citizen award 1969), American Society Corporation Executives, Wee Burn Club (Darien, Connecticut), Delta Beta (award), Alpha Delta Sigma, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Connections
Married Mary Jane Martin, February 12, 1938. Children: Manning Martin, Melinda Beagle.
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January 25, 1990 (aged 78) -
Resting place
Buried Norwalk, Connecticut -
Nationality
American
Education
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1932
Career
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1932 - 1933
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1938 - 1941
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1941 - 1943
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1941 - 1943
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1941 - 1943
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1948 - 1951
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1952 - 1971
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1952 - 1967
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