Background
Mullinax, Wallace Aiken was born on May 13, 1927 in Cateechee, South Carolina. Son of Ralph Plumer and Margaret (Aiken) Mullinax.
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Wallace Aiken Mullinax
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Wallace Aiken Mullinax, American Broadcast sales executive. Named Young Man of Year, Wade Hampton Taylors Junior Chamber of Commerce, l964; recipientSpl. award City of Greenville, 1974, Abe Lincoln merit award Southern Baptist Radio-television Commission, l975, Outstanding Svc. award American Legion Department South Carolina., l980.
Education
Bachelor, Furman U., l949; postgraduate NBC Radio Institute, Northwestern University, l949; engineering certified, Greenville Technology College, l964.
Career
Audio control engineer, Station WFBC-AM-FM, Greenville, South Carolina., l944-45; announcer, Station WFBC-AM-FM, Greenville, South Carolina., l947-49; announcer, Station WCOS-AM-FM, Columbia, South Carolina., l949; announcer, Station WESC-AM-FM, Greenville, l949-75; salesman, Station WESC-AM-FM, Greenville, l954-59; sales manager, Station WESC-AM-FM, Greenville, l959-75; general sales manager, Station WESC-AM-FM, Greenville, l975-8l; vice president sales, Station WESC-AM-FM, Greenville, l98l-. Founder Station WMTY-AM-FM, Greenwood, South Carolina., l973, president, l979-.
Achievements
Membership
Member Downtown Greenville Association, l962-64. Vice chairman Greenville CountyCoun., l969-70, Greenville Memorial Auditorium Committee, l97l-76. President Crimestoppers Greenville County, l983-.
Member of advisory committee Greenville Tec Business School, 1987. Member South Carolina. aeronautics Commission, l986-89. Lay speaker, deacon, Sunday school teacher Overbrook Baptist Church, Greenville.
Fellow National Association Broadcasters (congressional contact committee), Country Music Association, Sales. and Marketing Executives (president, New Member award l962), South Carolina. Broadcasters Association (president 1975, chaplain since 1976, Shafto award l974), South Carolina. Broadcasters Ednl. Foundation (president), American Legion, Greenville City Club, Hejaz Country Club, Greenwood Country Club, Masons (32d degree, Knight Commander Court of Honor).
Interests
Connections
Married Helen Jenkins, August 23, l952. Children: Wallace Aiken Junior, Christie Jenkins Mullinax Seear.
Awards
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Named Young Man of Year, Wade Hampton Taylors Junior Chamber of Commerce, l964. RecipientSpl. award City of Greenville, 1974, Abe Lincoln merit award Southern Baptist Radio-television Commission, l975, Outstanding Svc. award American Legion Department South Carolina., l980.Named Young Man of Year, Wade Hampton Taylors Junior Chamber of Commerce, l964. RecipientSpl. award City of Greenville, 1974, Abe Lincoln merit award Southern Baptist Radio-television Commission, l975, Outstanding Svc. award American Legion Department South Carolina., l980.