Cherington, Paul Terry, 1876-

Paul T. Cherington organized and taught the first marketing courses at Harvard Business School from 1908-1919. Towards the end of World War I he worked in the Textile Section of the Division of Planning and Statistics and the United States Shipping Board. He left Harvard to become Secretary-Treasurer of the National Wool Association; and later Director of Research of the J. Walter Thompson Company where he remained until 1931. While there he taught at Stanford Graduate School of Business; and from 1932-1935, lectured at New York University. He formed various consulting companies and consulted privately until his death in 1942.

From the description of Paul T. Cherington papers, 1915-1942. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 64394298