Background
Brennen, William Elbert was born on September 30, 1930 in Missouri, United States. Son of William E. and Frances (Andrew) Brennen.
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William Elbert Brennen
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Bachelor of Science, United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1952. Master of Business Administration, University Chicago, 1964.
Career
Ship's officer, traffic and operations manager States Marine Lines Inc., Korea and Japan, 1952-1961. With Case & Company/Stevenson Jordan & Harrison, Inc. Management Consultant, Chicago and New York City, 1961-1968.
Director international materials management International Minerals & Chemicals, Skokie, Illinois, 1968-1971, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, 1971-1973. President W.E. Brennen Consultant, Inc. (name changed to Brennen Consultant, Inc.
1987), 1987-1988; management consultant Evanston, Illinois, 1973-1988, South Bend, Indiana, since 1988. Vice president managing principal Fry Consultant, 1982-1988. Adjunct associate professor marketing University Notre Dame, 1991-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, vice president Corvilla, Inc., 1991-1994, president 1993-1994. Board directors Friends of St. Joseph County Public Library., since 1998, vice president, since 2004. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1955.
Member of Institute Management Consultant (director Chicago chapter 1987-1991, since 1998, vice chairman consultant round table South Bend since 1998, chairman 2000-2002, president 2003-2005), American Marketing Association (president Chicago chapter 1982-1983, business marketing council 1987-1990, ethics committee 1990-1992), St. Joseph County Friends of the Library. (director 1997), Rotary International.
Connections
Married Natalia Summers, November 14, 1958 (divorced 1979). Children: William, Natalia Jane, Elizabeth. Married Sharon Russell, August 8, 1987 (deceased February 1991).
Married Nancy Wiese, April 6, 1997.
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Episcopalian
Education
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1964