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Marion William Isbell (August 12, 1905 – October 20, 1988) was an American restaurateur and founder of Ramada Inns, Inc. Biography. Isbell was born to Benjamin Franklin Isbell in Whitehaven, Tennessee upon his passing in 1905 he was orphaned with his two brothers Howard James and Leon (?) before he was 5. The brothers were placed in an ...
Oct 23, 1988 · Marion W. Isbell, who founded Ramada Inc. and built it into a 500-motel chain, has died at the age of 83. Mr. Isbell died at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital-Osborn on Thursday, the day Ramada ...
Aug 2, 2023 · Marion William Isbell. The founder of the Ramada Inn, he built it into a 500-motel chain. Also founder of the Isbell Restaurant chain in Chicago. Northern Arizona University curriculum now includes a course entitled Isbell Hospitality Ethics at the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Son of Howard James Isbell and Mary Ettie...
Oct 25, 1988 · Isbell ran the Ramada chain as president and chief executive officer until 1973. Marion William Isbell, an orphan who picked cotton for 50 cents a day to support himself and went on to found...
Aug 8, 2021 · Services for Marion W. Isbell, 83, a former Chicago restaurant owner and founder of Ramada Inc., the motel chain, were held Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mr. Isbell died in Scottsdale Memorial...
Marion William Isbell, American restaurant and hotel executive. Active American Red Cross, Chicago Community Fund. Member of National Restaurant Association (Chicago) (past president, director), Paradise Valley Country Club (Scottsdale, Arizona), Arizona Club (Phoenix).
Marion W. Isbell, owner and operator of Isbell’s Restaurants in Chicago, was elected to the presidency of the National Restaurant Association at its annual meeting held on May 12, 1955. His term of office ran for one year until May of 1956.
