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Alex Faickney Osborn

American advertising executive, creator of brainstorming

Alex Faickney Osborn (May 24, 1888 – May 5, 1966) was an American advertising executive and the author of the creativity technique named brainstorming.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Alex Faickney Osborn (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 24, 1888, died May 5, 1966.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMorris High School3
  • Date not recordedHamilton College3

Career

Occupation: pedagogue, businessperson, writer, advertising person, journalist, author, entrepreneur.5

  • Date not recordedFounded BBDO4

General Electric

Armstrong Cork

Chrysler

General Baking

Royal Crown Cola

American Tobacco

BF Goodrich

Du Pont

Wildroot Hair Tonic

From Wikipedia’s article on Alex Faickney Osborn (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornMay 24, 1888, The Bronx6
  • DiedMay 5, 1966, Buffalo7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8

On September 15, 1916, he married Helen Coatsworth, the daughter of a wealthy Buffalo lawyer. They had five children: Katharine, Joan, Marion, Russell, and Elinor. Osborn died of cancer May 5, 1966, in Roswell Park Memorial Institute, where he had been a patient since April 1, 1966. He was 77 years old. He was cremated and his ashes are in a niche at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alex Faickney Osborn (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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