Note by James R. Martin, Ph.D., CMA
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida
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The purpose of this article is to present survey opinions from three groups related to who should be honored by commemorative U.S. stamps for contributions to American business and management thought and practice. The following rankings were adapted from Wren and Hay's Tables 1, 2, and 3.
| Survey of Business History Conference |
Survey of Management History Division of the Academy of Management | Survey of randomly selected members of the Academy of Management |
| 1. Taylor, Frederick W. 2. DuPont, Pierre 3. Rockefeller, John D. 4. Carnegie, Andrew 5. Sloan, Alfred P. Jr. 6. Edison, Thomas 7. Ford, Henry 8. McCormick, Cyrus 9. Whitney, Eli 10. Slater, Samuel 11. Wharton, Joseph 12. Watson, Thomas 13. McCallum, Daniel 14. Giannini, A. P. 15. Sears, Robert 16. Barnard, Chester 17. Filene, Edward 18. Mayo, Elton 19. Gilbreth, Frank 20. Westinghouse, George |
1. Taylor, Frederick W. 2. Barnard, Chester 3. Gilbreth, Frank 4. Gilbreth, Lillian 5. Mayo, Elton 6. Follett, Mary Parker 7. Gantt, Henry L. 8. Sloan, Alfred P. Jr. 9. Maslow, Abraham 10. Ford, Henry 11. Wharton, Joseph 12. Roethlisberger, Fritz 13. Emerson, Harrington 14. Lewin, Kurt 15. Mooney, James D. 16. Munsterberg, Hugo 17. Edison, Thomas 18. Slater, Samuel 19. DuPont, Pierre 20. Poor, Henry V. |
1. Taylor, Frederick W. 2. Barnard, Chester 3. Mayo, Elton 4. Gilbreth, Frank 5. Gilbreth, Lillian 6. Sloan, Alfred P. Jr. 7. Roethlisberger, Fritz 8. Follett, Mary Parker 9. Maslow, Abraham 10. Lewin, Kurt 11. Ford, Henry 12. Wharton, Joseph 13. Edison, Thomas 14. Watson, Thomas 15. Carnegie, Andrew 16. Whitney, Eli 17. Gantt, Henry L. 18. Munsterberg, Hugo 19. Penney, J. C. 20. Tead, Ordway |
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