Edwin Booz
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Edwin G. Booz
AKA Edwin George Booz
Born: 2-Sep-1887
Birthplace: Reading, PA
Died: 1-Oct-1951
Location of death: Evanston, IL
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Memorial Park Cemetery,Skokie, IL
Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Booz Allen HamiltonMilitary service: US Army, to Major (1917-19)
firm is the oldest management consulting firm still in existence, the first to use the term “management consultant,” and the only firm to be a top-tierprovider of consulting services in both the public and the private sectors around the world.
"Fear not the future nor people" — Edwin Booz
Edwin G. Booz was trained in economics and psychology, andfounded a small business in 1914, offering "efficiency expertise" (now called management consulting). His was not the first consulting firm, but the idea -- that major questions about a company'sproducts or policies could be better and more impartially considered by outsiders than by a company's own management or employees -- was still considered an unproven theory. His early clients includedCanadian Pacific Railway and Goodyear.
The business was renamed Booz Business Research and Development Company in 1916; Booz Business Engineering Service in 1919; Edwin G. Booz Business Surveys in1924; and Booz, Fry, Allen & Hamilton in 1936 with the addition of partners George Fry, James L. Allen, and Carl Hamilton. In 1942, Fry grew uncomfortable with the firm's increasing focus on governmentcontracts and resigned, and the company was renamed Booz Allen Hamilton, which remains its legal name today, though Hamilton's name is usually omitted in conversation and media reports.
According tocompany folklore, Booz once concluded a report to the chairman of Montgomery Ward by telling him that the only major problem with the firm was its chairman. Perhaps as a result of such bluntness, Booz...
AKA Edwin George Booz
Born: 2-Sep-1887
Birthplace: Reading, PA
Died: 1-Oct-1951
Location of death: Evanston, IL
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Memorial Park Cemetery,Skokie, IL
Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Booz Allen HamiltonMilitary service: US Army, to Major (1917-19)
firm is the oldest management consulting firm still in existence, the first to use the term “management consultant,” and the only firm to be a top-tierprovider of consulting services in both the public and the private sectors around the world.
"Fear not the future nor people" — Edwin Booz
Edwin G. Booz was trained in economics and psychology, andfounded a small business in 1914, offering "efficiency expertise" (now called management consulting). His was not the first consulting firm, but the idea -- that major questions about a company'sproducts or policies could be better and more impartially considered by outsiders than by a company's own management or employees -- was still considered an unproven theory. His early clients includedCanadian Pacific Railway and Goodyear.
The business was renamed Booz Business Research and Development Company in 1916; Booz Business Engineering Service in 1919; Edwin G. Booz Business Surveys in1924; and Booz, Fry, Allen & Hamilton in 1936 with the addition of partners George Fry, James L. Allen, and Carl Hamilton. In 1942, Fry grew uncomfortable with the firm's increasing focus on governmentcontracts and resigned, and the company was renamed Booz Allen Hamilton, which remains its legal name today, though Hamilton's name is usually omitted in conversation and media reports.
According tocompany folklore, Booz once concluded a report to the chairman of Montgomery Ward by telling him that the only major problem with the firm was its chairman. Perhaps as a result of such bluntness, Booz...
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