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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 ...
Oct 25, 1988 · Marion William Isbell, an orphan who picked cotton for 50 cents a day to support himself and went on to found Ramada Inc., building it into a 500-motel chain, has died at the age of 83.
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...
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...
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 Isbell gradually began scaling back his responsibilities in the company in favor of his son, M. William Isbell, who took over the duties that his father had previously held. M. William Isbell became President in 1970, and CEO in 1974, and held these positions
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