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Melvin Thomas Copeland (1884–1975) was a professor emeritus at Harvard Business School.

Biography

Copeland was born on July 17, 1884, in Brewer, Maine. He completed his A.B. at Bowdoin College and received both an A.M. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Copeland briefly taught at New York University before returning to Harvard in 1912. He served as director of research from 1916 to 1926 and again from 1942 to 1953, institutionalizing project research as a faculty duty. In 1950, he was named George Fisher Baker Professor.

The Melvin T. Copeland Award was established in his honor upon his retirement in 1953.

Writing

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.

References

1. McNair, Malcolm P. (1957). "Melvin T. Copeland". Journal of Marketing. 22 (2): 181–184. doi:10.2307/1247218. JSTOR 1247218.
2. "Melvin Thomas Copeland". Oxford Reference. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
3. ^ "Melvin Copeland, Harvard Professor". The New York Times. March 29, 1975. p. 21.

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