Ogilvy, David, 1911-1999

Title: 4th Earl of Airlie

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Epithet: 4th or 6th Earl of Airlie

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Epithet: Colonel; 13th Regt

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Epithet: Lieutenant; of the Marines

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Advertising executive. Full name: David Mackenzie Ogilvy.

From the description of David Ogilvy papers, 1935-1966 (bulk 1945-1964). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063648

Biographical Note

• 1911, June 22: Born, West Horsley, England
• 1930s: Attended Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, England, where he held a scholarship in modern history
• 1934: Chef, Hotel Majestic, Paris, France
• 1935: Sold stoves door-to-door in Scotland and wrote a pamphlet, The Theory and Practice of Selling the Aga Cooker, for Aga Heat
• 1936: Account executive, Mather & Crowther, London, England
• 1937 - 1939 : Sent to the United States by Mather & Crowther to study American advertising
• 1939: Married Melind Street (divorced)
• 1939 - 1942 : Associate director, Audience Research Institute, Princeton, N. J.
• 1942 - 1945 : Second secretary, British embassy, Washington, D.C., and in charge of economic information for the British government in the Western Hemisphere
• 1945 - 1946 : Vice president and secretary, British American Canadian Corp.
• 1947: Correspondent for Mather & Crowther in the United States
• 1948: Cofounder of Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather, a subsidiary of the British advertising agencies of Mather & Crowther and S. H. Benson
• 1953 - 1961 : President, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather
• 1957: Married Anne Cabot
• 1960: Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society
• 1962: Trustee, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
• 1963: Published Confessions of an Advertising Man. New York: Atheneum.
• 1961 - 1965 : Chairman of the board, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather
• 1964: Mather & Crowther and Ogilvy, Benson & Mather merged to form the international company Ogilvy & Mather, of which David Ogilvy became chairman
• 1965: Creative director, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather
• 1999, July 21: Died, Bonnes, France

From the guide to the David Ogilvy Papers, 1935-1966, (bulk 1945-1964), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)