John Brooks Rison, 76 of Laytonsville, MD, formerly of Saunderstown, RI died December 26, 2014 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, MD. He was the husband of Marion (Jonnie) Chesley Rison. Born in Providence, RI, a son of the late Clarence H. Rison, the former president of Grinnell Corp., and the late Ebba E. (Rydberg) Rison, he lived in Providence during his youth. Mr. Rison founded and was Chairman of The Marketing Programs and Services Group, Inc., a telecommunications consulting firm in Gaithersburg, MD, from 1970 until his retirement in 1989. He previously held management positions with Western Electric, AT&T, New York Telephone, Dictaphone and Executone in the New York City area. He attended Moses Brown School in Providence and Choate School in Wallingford, CT, and was a 1959 electrical engineering and business administration graduate of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For a number of years Mr. Rison was active in the Boy Scouts of America, receiving the Woodbadge Award and Scouting’s highest adult award, the Silver Beaver. He also served as a National Officer of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a member of The Dunes Club in Narragansett, RI. Family and friends will be received for John’s Funeral […]
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