Show Background Of Roger W. W Babson of rk y y r rr r y i. i Roger W. W Babson American business has no more inspiring personality than Roger W. W B Babson a b s son o n internationally- internationally known business commentator and investment adviser An outstanding ing feature of his philosophy has been his lifelong insistence on the importance of both relIgion religion reli rell- gion and advertising in business Born and reared in an nn old- old fashioned atmosphere of hard work and hustle on a farm in Gloucester Mr Babson went to the he Massachusetts Institute of Technology Upon graduating he ic turned Instinctively to financial fin financial financial fin fin- ancial and business activities in which his father was engaged His exertions however un undermIned undermined undermined un- un his health he contracted contracted contracted con con- tuberculosis and he was sent West Vest as Has good as ns dead It t was while he was convalescing ing ng from this dread malady that he le worked out some of the possibilities pos pos- and problems of busIness business business busi busI- ness forecasting His weekly releases are arc used by over newspapers and his financial re reports reports reports re- re ports by corporations and estates His Hia research work is carried on by a large staff of experts Mr Babson founded Babson Institute for Men and in co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation with the late Mrs Babson developed Webber Vebber College College College Col Col- lege for V Women omen both nation nation- known ally educational Here young men and women women women wo wo- men may concentrate on the fundamentals of honest and ef effIcient efficient efficient ef- ef business administration Later he founded a Midwest 1 Institute of Business Administration Administration Administration Adminis Adminis- located in Eureka Kansas Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas the center of the United States He has been active also In the establishment of other mediums of service to the public public pub pub- lic Hc such as the Gravity Re Research Research Research Re- Re search Foundation located at New Boston New Hampshire Mr 1 Babson has probably done more than any other man to create among his millions of newspaper readers an interest in simple business problems and to instill a broader vision in businessmen enabling them to meet the ups-and-downs ups of the business busIne s cycle |