Rodes, Toby E. (01181434) - Revision history

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Remediate place normalize (revert birth_place: Frankfurt Am Main, Germany -> Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

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	\|death_date=20 April 2013		\|death_date=20 April 2013
	\|birth_place=Frankfurt Am Main, Germany		\|birth_place=Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	\|death_place=Basel, Switzerland		\|death_place=Basel, Switzerland
	\|occupation=Business consultant, design-critic, journalist		\|occupation=Business consultant, design-critic, journalist

Admin: Normalize place format (birth_place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany -> Frankfurt Am Main, Germany)

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	\|death_date=20 April 2013		\|death_date=20 April 2013
	\|birth_place=Frankfurt am Main, Germany		\|birth_place=Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
	\|death_place=Basel, Switzerland		\|death_place=Basel, Switzerland
	\|occupation=Business consultant, design-critic, journalist		\|occupation=Business consultant, design-critic, journalist

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==


	Toby E. Rodes (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2013) was a German American business consultant, design-critic, journalist and, on occasion, lecturer, who has concerned himself for more than 60 years with public relations and interior design. He was the founder of an international public relations and marketing agency located in Basel.		Toby E. Rodes (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2013) was a German American business consultant, design-critic, journalist and, on occasion, lecturer, who has concerned himself for more than 60 years with public relations and interior design. He was the founder of an international public relations and marketing agency located in Basel.

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	In 1966, he established the Toby E. Rodes Consultants Agency in Basel, a full-service agency acting as counselors and executing public relations programs, including controversial international activities.		In 1966, he established the Toby E. Rodes Consultants Agency in Basel, a full-service agency acting as counselors and executing public relations programs, including controversial international activities.

	He was married to Dr. h.c. Sc W.E. Rodes-Bauer for 40 years. They lived in Basel.		He was married to Dr. H.c. Sc W.E. Rodes-Bauer for 40 years. They lived in Basel.


	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==

Admin: Clarify museum roster and Dan Gross research sources

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Clarify museum roster and Dan Gross research sources

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_E._Rodes Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_E._Rodes Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes]
	* Camp Ritchie ~~class roster~~ (~~classes~~ 1–31), ~~merged~~ research ~~file~~		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
			* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

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Normalize nativity/religion; split arm of service from branch

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	\|class_section=A		\|class_section=A
	\|class_rank=2nd Lt		\|class_rank=2nd Lt
	~~\|class_branch=Cav~~
	\|birth_year=1919		\|birth_year=1919
	\|death_year=2013		\|death_year=2013
	\|nativity=Germany		\|nativity=Germany
	\|religion=P		\|religion=Protestant
	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
	\|certificate=4501		\|certificate=4501
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	\|known_for=Public relations and interior design		\|known_for=Public relations and interior design
	\|photo=Wikipedia_Toby_E._Rodes.jpg		\|photo=Wikipedia_Toby_E._Rodes.jpg
			\|arm_or_service=Cavalry
	}}		}}

Admin: Enrich from Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes

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Enrich from Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==


	Toby E. Rodes (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2013) was a German American business consultant, design-critic, journalist and, on occasion, lecturer, who has concerned himself for more than 60 years with public relations and interior design. He was the founder of an international public relations and marketing agency located in Basel.		Toby E. Rodes (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2013) was a German American business consultant, design-critic, journalist and, on occasion, lecturer, who has concerned himself for more than 60 years with public relations and interior design. He was the founder of an international public relations and marketing agency located in Basel.

			Toby E. Rodes' father, Charles A. Rosenthal, who was a banker and businessman, restructured the Phillip Holzmann AG in Frankfurt after the global economic crisis of 1928. He was a 3rd generation American with German and Hungarian roots and studied law in Munich. Toby's American grandfather was a painter. His published Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach's family has marked our vision of the composer.

			Toby E. Rodes' mother, Olivia Veit, came from a rare union between a noble English family with an old German-Jewish one. Before her marriage, she was a celebrated German actress. Cultural diversity and multilingualism were taken for granted in the Rosenthal family.

			In 1934, at the Lessing Senior High School in Frankfurt a biology teacher made an anti-Semitic speech in front of Toby's class. After this incident Toby left the school forever and went to French Switzerland, where he attended an English High School on Lake Geneva. He studied accounting at the London School of Economics. He left for the United States in 1937 and studied international finance at the American Institute of Banking/Columbia University and law at New York University.

			Toby E. Rodes returned to Europe in World War II. Initially he worked under General C. Powell in a leading position in the Psychological Warfare detachment of the 12th US Army Group. His training at Camp Ritchie in Maryland makes him one of the Ritchie Boys. Then under Lucius D. Clay in the Information Control staff of the US Army in Europe, which dealt with the reconstruction of the German media. From 1950 to 1955 he was in the US diplomatic service as Chief of Public Relations for the Marshall Plan and did Public Relations work for the Schumann Plan, the predecessor of the European Union, produced films and directed exhibitions, etc.

			From 1955 to 1966 he was a member of the management team of Knoll International, being responsible for their activities outside of North and Central America and CEO of the German, Italian, Swiss and Liechtenstein subsidiaries. Since then he regularly visits important interior design trade shows as a reporter for design magazines and participates from time to time in international design juries.

			At the same time, from 1953 to 1975, he was a member of the executive committee of the board of Julius Klein Public Relations Inc, known for its strategic counseling concerning the solution of delicate international economic communications problems.

			In 1966, he established the Toby E. Rodes Consultants Agency in Basel, a full-service agency acting as counselors and executing public relations programs, including controversial international activities.

			He was married to Dr. h.c. Sc W.E. Rodes-Bauer for 40 years. They lived in Basel.

Admin: Enrich from Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes

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Enrich from Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes

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	\|birth_year=1919		\|birth_year=1919
	\|death_year=2013		\|death_year=2013
	\|nativity=Ge		\|nativity=Germany
	\|religion=P		\|religion=P
	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
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	\|class_number=13		\|class_number=13
	\|class_display=13		\|class_display=13
			\|birth_date=25 October 1919
			\|death_date=20 April 2013
			\|birth_place=Frankfurt am Main, Germany
			\|death_place=Basel, Switzerland
			\|occupation=Business consultant, design-critic, journalist
			\|known_for=Public relations and interior design
			\|photo=Wikipedia_Toby_E._Rodes.jpg
	}}		}}

	<div class="soldier-lead">		<div class="soldier-lead">
	~~'''~~Toby E. Rodes~~'''~~ (1919~~–~~2013) was a ~~United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]]~~, ~~Maryland~~, in ~~[[Class 13]]~~.		Toby E. Rodes (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2013) was a German American business consultant, design-critic, journalist and, on occasion, lecturer, who has concerned himself for more than 60 years with public relations and interior design. He was the founder of an international public relations and marketing agency located in Basel.
	</div>		</div>

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
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			Toby E. Rodes (25 October 1919 – 20 April 2013) was a German American business consultant, design-critic, journalist and, on occasion, lecturer, who has concerned himself for more than 60 years with public relations and interior design. He was the founder of an international public relations and marketing agency located in Basel.


	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_E._Rodes Wikipedia: Toby E. Rodes]
	* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file		* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

Admin: Move opening paragraph onto page for visual editing

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			<div class="soldier-lead">
			'''Toby E. Rodes''' (1919–2013) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 13]].
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	\|religion=P		\|religion=P
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	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
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	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

Admin: Initial import

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|surname=Rodes
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|class_rank=2nd Lt
|class_branch=Cav
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|death_year=2013
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== Technical record ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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! Field !! Imported value
|-
| Approx Age at Death || 94
|-
| Class_ASN || 181434
|-
| Class_Name || Rodes, Toby E
|-
| match_method || asn_partial_name_exact
|-
| row_source || both
|}

== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)