Samuel C. Dobbs (Samuel Candler Dobbs), president [1] and chairman of The Coca-Cola Company, from 1919 to 1922. The Coca-Cola Company ( is the world's largest beverage company largest manufacturer distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and Syrups in the world Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Dobbs was born in 1869 in Georgia. He was the son of Harris Henry Dobbs, [2] and cousin of Asa Griggs Candler, founder of The Coca-Cola Company. Asa Griggs Candler ( December 30, 1851 &ndash March 12, 1929) was an American business tycoon who made most of his money selling [1]
Dobbs began his career as an Atlanta-based Coca-Cola salesman, during which he persuaded Joe Biedenharn of the Biedenharn Candy Company to set up a Coca-Cola dispenser in this store and order the beverage on a regular basis, thereby fueling sales and recognition of the Coca-Cola name. [3][4] Dobbs later became the company's sales manager and president.
In 1909, Dobbs became president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America[5], now the American Advertising Federation (AAF), and began to make speeches on the subject. The American Advertising Federation (AAF headquartered in Washington D In 1911, he was involved in the adoption of the “Ten Commandments of Advertising", one of the first codes of advertising developed by groups of advertising firms and individual businesses. He is credited with beginning the “truth-in-advertising” campaign that led to the creation of the Better Business Bureau. The Better Business Bureau (BBB, founded in 1912 is an organization based in the United States and Canada.
In January 1939, Dobbs made a $1,000,000 unrestricted gift to the Emory University. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, [6] Several endowed chairs are named after him. [7]
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- ^ Joe Biedenharn & Coca-Cola. The Biedenharn Museum & Gardens. Retrieved on 2007-01-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks
- ^ New and Improved: The Story of Mass Marketing in America. Business Week. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill.
- ^ Samuel Chandler Dobbs (1868-1950). Inducted 1953. Retrieved on 2007-01-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks
- ^ Chapter 3: The war and the post-war years: Start of the doctoral program, 1940-50. History of Emory. Retrieved on 2007-01-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks
- ^ Chapter 7: The recent years; the Emerson Center; Cherry Logan Emerson Hall, 1983-2001. History of Emory. Retrieved on 2007-01-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks
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