Background
Rose, William Ganson was born on October 29, 1878 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of William Russell and Eliza E. (Ganson) Rose.
Rose, William Ganson was born on October 29, 1878 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of William Russell and Eliza E. (Ganson) Rose.
Bachelor of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1901.
Dramatic editor Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1902-1907. Executive secretary Cleveland Convention, National Education Association, 1908. Executive secretary joint tax committee Ohio State Board of Commerce and Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 1908.
Manager Cleveland Industrial Exposition, 1909, Detroit Industrial Exposition, 1910, Newark (New Jersey) Industrial Exposition, 1912, Cleveland Art Loan Exposition, 1913, Cleveland Electrical
Exposition, 1914. Organizer Cleveland Better Business Bureau, 1913. Vice president Alumni Association Western Reserve University Lecturer Western Reserve University, 1913.
President Advertising Affiliation of Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and Rochester, 1915. Advisory manager First National Bank and First Trust and Savings Company, Cleveland, 1915-1919.
Chairman committee 100 organizations which secured Cleveland public hall.
Executive secretary City Plan Commission, 1917. President William Ganson Rose, Incorporated., since 1918. Vice president Financial Advertisers’ Association of Associated Advertising Clubs of World, 1918-1919.
Director American Red Cross campaign, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, 1917.
Director bureau of Expns., United States Government, 1918. Trustee Welfare Federation of Cleveland, 1918, Cleveland Community Fund, 1920, The Hiram House, since 1920.
Program chairman Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, since 1927. Chairman dedicatory committee Cleveland Union Terminal, 1929.
Director Gordon-Bennett International Balloon Race, 1930.
Chairman County Emergency Relief Committee, 1931. Speaker before business and civic groups and national associations. Promotional counsel Great Lakes Exposition, 1936, and originator and developer of “The Making of a Nation,” keynote exhibit of Exposition, 1937, chairman Cleveland World’s Fair Commission, 1939.
Director special events, B. F. Goodrich Company at New York World’s Fair, 1939 and 1940.
Ohio representative of Fair, 1940. Director Cleveland Sesquicentennial celebration, 1946.
Member American Press Humorists, Cleveland Chamber Commerce, Delta Tau Delta, Associate Advertising. Member Electrical League of Cleveland, since 1912. Clubs: Cleveland Advertising (president 1914-1916), Shaker Heights Country, Mid-day.
Married Julia Miller, July 1, 1927.