Background
Blass, Walter Paul was born on March 31, 1930 in Dinslaken, Germany. Son of Richard B. and Malvi (Rosenblatt) Blass.
consultant Management educator
Blass, Walter Paul was born on March 31, 1930 in Dinslaken, Germany. Son of Richard B. and Malvi (Rosenblatt) Blass.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1951. Postgraduate, Princeton University, 1952. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1953.
Assistant Laos and Cambodia desk officer International Cooperation Administration, Washington, 1957—1958. General manager R.B. Blass Company, Deal, New Jersey, 1958—1961. Economist American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City, 1961—1965.
Country director Peace Corps., Afghanistan, 1966—1968. Assistant vice president revenue requirement studies New York Telephone Сompany, New York City, 1968—1970. Director corporation planning American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1970—1982, director strategic planning, 1982—1985.
Retired, since 1985
President, Strategic Plans, Unlimited, Warren, New Jersey, since 1985. Executive Fellow-in-Residence Martino Graduate School Business Administration, Fordham University, New York City, 1986-1990. Consultant McKinsey & Company, Telecommunications Authority Ireland, McDonnell Douglas, Heller Finance, Inc.
Lecturer in field; visiting professor University Grenoble, France, 1988, Ecole Superieure de Commerce, Chambery and Grenoble, France, since 1989. Trustee Guilford College, since 1975, chairman planning committee, 1992-1999, vice chairman academy affairs committee, since 1999.
Lieutenant, junior grade, United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1956, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, senior fell., 1974-1985. Member, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Values in Higher Education (director 1983-1986, since 2005), American Economic Association, National Association Business Economists, The Planning Forum (board directors 1972), Royal Economic Society.
Married Janice L. Minott, April 2, 1954. Children: Kathryn, Christopher, Gregory.