England, Wilbur B.

Person

Biography

Wilbur B. England was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a BA from Western Reserve University in 1926 and an MBA from HBS in 1930. England worked as a research associate at HBS from 1930-1932, before moving to the private sector an executive with the RKO Theatre Corporation and vice president and treasurer of A.B.C. Vending Corporation. He returned to HBS in 1954 as an authority on marketing and industrial procurement. In 1967, England was elected to the Kresge Professorship of Marketing. England retired from active faculty in 1970. He died in 1991.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Wilbur B. England papers

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Arch GA 23

Scope and Contents:

Collection consists of course materials, cases, reports, administrative and curriculum files, special programs and seminars, and subject files kept by Professor Wilbur B. England.