Melvin Thomas Copeland
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Melvin Thomas Copeland (1884–1975) was a professor emeritus at Harvard Business School.[1]
Biography
[edit]Copeland was born on 17 July 1884 in Brewer, Maine.[2] He completed his A.B. at Bowdoin College and received both an A.M. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.[3]
Copeland briefly taught at New York University before returning to Harvard in 1912.[3] He served as director of research from 1916 to 1926 and again from 1942 to 1953, institutionalizing project research as a faculty duty.[3] In 1950, he was named George Fisher Baker Professor.[3]
The Melvin T. Copeland Award was established in his honor upon his retirement in 1953.[3]
Writing
[edit]Copeland's publications include Cotton Manufacturing Industry of the U.S., Problems in Marketing, and And Mark an Era, a history of Harvard Business School.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ McNair, Malcolm P. (1957). "Melvin T. Copeland". Journal of Marketing. 22 (2): 181–184. doi:10.2307/1247218. JSTOR 1247218 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Melvin Thomas Copeland". Oxford Reference.
- ^ a b c d e f https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/29/archives/melvin-copeland-harvard-professor.html