Roger Ward Babson (1875 - 1967)

Born 6 Jul 1875 in Gloucester,Essex,Massachusetts

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Died 5 Mar 1967 at age 91 in Lake Wales, Polk, Florida, United States

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Biography

Roger Ward Babson (July 6, 1875 in Gloucester, Massachusetts – March 5, 1967 in Lake Wales, Florida) was an American entrepreneur, economist and business theorist in the first half of the 20th century. He is best remembered for founding Babson College. He also founded Webber College, now Webber International University, in Babson Park, Florida, and the defunct Utopia College, in Eureka, Kansas.^[1]

Babson was born to Nathaniel Babson and his wife Ellen Stearns as part of the 10th generation of Babsons to live in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Roger attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked for investment firms before founding Babson's Statistical Organization (1904), which analyzed stocks and business reports; it continues today as Babson-United, Inc..^[1]

• Fact: Residence (1880) Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Passport Application (1917) Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia Article - Roger Ward Babson (July 6, 1875 in Gloucester, Massachusetts – March 5, 1967 in Lake Wales, Florida)

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 December 2016, 05:36), entry for Roger Ward Babson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:93WY-WCR); contributed by various users.