Marvin Pierce
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Marvin "Monk" Pierce, Captain of the 1915 Miami University Football team
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June 17, 1893 Sharpsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 17, 1969 (aged 76) Rye, New York |
| Education | Miami University |
| Occupation | President of McCall Corporation, publisher of women's magazines Redbook and McCall's |
| Spouse(s) | Pauline Robinson (1918–1949, her death) Willa Martin (1952–1969, his death) |
| Children | Martha Pierce Rafferty James Pierce Barbara Pierce Bush Scott Pierce |
| Parent(s) | Scott Pierce Mabel Marvin |
Marvin Pierce (June 17, 1893 – July 17, 1969) was president of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's. He was the father of United States First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush.
Marvin Pierce was born on June 17, 1893 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, to Scott Pierce (born 1866) an insurance salesman in Dayton, Ohio, and Mabel Marvin (born 1869). His ancestor Thomas Pierce (1618–1683), an early New England colonist, was also an ancestor of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States. Marvin was a 1916 graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, he was nicknamed "Monk" and was a stand-out athlete in football, basketball, baseball and tennis. He was inducted into Miami's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972. He also received graduate degrees from MIT in civil engineering and from Harvard in architectural engineering.
Pierce served as the president of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's.
Pierce's first marriage (August 1918) was to Pauline Robinson who was born on 28 April 1896 to Ohio Supreme Court justice, James E. Robinson and his wife Lulu Dell Flickinger and died on 23 September 1949. They had four children together:
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