Background
Wirsig, Woodrow was born on June 28, 1916 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Otto Alan and Beulah Juliet (Marohn) Wirsig.
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Wirsig, Woodrow was born on June 28, 1916 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Otto Alan and Beulah Juliet (Marohn) Wirsig.
Student, Kearney (Nebraska) State Teachers College student, Los Angeles City College student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1933-1939; Bachelor of Arts, Occidental College, 1941; Master of Science, Columbia Graduate School Journalism, 1942.
Director, Occidental College News Bureau, 1939-1941;
radio newswriter, WQXR, New York City, 1941-1942;
news writer, propaganda analyst, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1942-1943;
rewrite man, Los Angeles Times, 1943-1944;
assistant editor, This Week magazine, 1944-1945;
staff writer, Look magazine, 1946;
assistant managing editor, Look magazine, 1946-1949;
executive editor, Look magazine, 1950-1952;
managing editor, Quick magazine, 1949-1950;
associate editor, Newsweek magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, 1952;
editor, Woman's Home Companion, 1952-1956;
editorial consultant, Ednl. Testing Service, Princeton, 1957-1967;
television consultant, NBC-television, ABC-television
creator, National Daytime Radio Programs, 1957-1960;
radio documentary Companion. President communications firm, Wirsig, Gordon and O'Connor, Inc., 1956-1958;
editor, Printers' Ink magazine, New York City, 1958-1965;
editor, Salesweek magazine, 1959-1960;
editorial director, Overseas Press Club annual magazine Dateline, 1961, 62;
creator, editorial director, California Life magazine
president, Better Business Bureau Metropolitan New York, Inc., 1966-1977;
also president, Education Research Foundation
president, Business Advocacy Center, Inc., since 1977.
Creator Corporation Social Accountability Audit and Customer Services/Consumer Affairs Audit. Conservation to Office Secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-1966.
(I Love You Too! by Woodrow Wirsig (1990) The author reco...)
Member Society Consumer Affairs Professionals (president 1983), Newcomen Society, Archons, Players Club, Overseas Press Club, National Press Club, New York Advertising Club, New York City Club, Springdale Country Club, Evergreen Country Club (vice president), Nassau Club, Century Association, Families for Alzheimers Rights Association (president since 1994), University Club, Sigma Delta Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, Gamma Delta Upsilon.
Married Jane Barbara Dealy, December 11, 1942. Children: Alan Robert, Guy Rodney, Paul Harold.