Harrison McJohnston
Harrison McJohnston (July 26, 1884 – June 11, 1952)[1][2] was an American organizational theorist and professor of business communication and advertising.
Biographical details | |
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Born | McCutchanville, Indiana, U.S. | July 26, 1884
Died | June 11, 1952 67) Yonkers, New York, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1908 | Carroll (WI) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–5 |
Life and work
McJohnston had started his career as copywriter, sales correspondent, editor at two magazines, and had taught economics at Ohio State University.[3] In 1913 he started his further academic career at the University of Illinois.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute, a well-known correspondence course provider of its day,[4] considered his works as a part of their main instruction for both accounting[5] and advertising.[6]
College football
Prior to his more noted work in academics and business, McJohnston was a business instructor and the seventh head football coach at the Carroll College—now known as Carroll University—in Waukesha, Wisconsin, serving for one season, in 1908, and compiling a record of 1–5.[7]
Selected publications
McJohnston authored several books, papers, and articles. Books, a selection:
- Harrison McJohnston. Business Correspondence. New York, Alexander Hamilton institute, 1918.
- Harrison McJohnston. The Brevity Book on Economics, Chicago, Brevity Publishers, 1919.
- Harrison McJohnston, Impression Analysis Improves Sales Letters, October 5, 1922
References
- U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- New York, Death Index, 1880-1956
- Katherine H. Adams. Progressive Politics and the Training of America's Persuaders, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 1991, p. 92.
- Time Magazine "Mail Order President" November 11, 1929
- Thomas Warner Mitchell, Accounting Principles, Alexander Hamilton Institute, 1917
- Herbert Francis De Bower, Advertising Principles, Alexander Hamilton Institute, 1918.
- Carroll College/University Archived May 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine All-Time Football results