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Marion William Isbell (August 12, 1905 – October 20, 1988) was an American restaurateur and founder of Ramada Inns, Inc. [1]
Oct 22, 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 same 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 8, 2021 · Mr. Isbell died in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital-Osborn on Thursday, the same day Ramada announced a restructuring plan that includes selling off its hotel and restaurant businesses,...
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).
The Marion Isbell Papers were compiled by the Isbell family from 1934 to 1988, with part of the collection housed at the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management of Northern Arizona University in the family’s name.
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.
