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Edwin J. Coleman, 86, of Annapolis, Maryland died Sunday at Hospice of the Chesapeake. His wife of 61 years is Marie Schroeder Coleman.
Born February 22, 1926 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Madeline and Edward Coleman. He was a World War II veteran and served in the European theater of operation. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Scranton. He married Marie Frances Schroeder in 1951.
After the war, he worked in the family business, the Coleman Ice Cream Company. Moving to the D.C. area with his wife in 1951, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service for four years and then the Department of Commerce from 1955 until his retirement in 1989. He did coursework at both Georgetown University and George Washington University towards a graduate degree in labor economics. He was instrumental in the effort to computerize U.S. regional income statistics. He was honored by the Department of Commerce in 1968 with a Silver Medal for his major contribution to those working in the field of regional and welfare economics, marketing analysis, and urban planning. He authored and was consulted on a number of economic articles and other works. He was a long-term member of the Federal Committee of Statistical Methodology. After retiring, he did consulting and was president of two Annapolis-based consulting firms focused on economic and policy issues. He did a brief stint as an adjunct professor with the Economic Strategy Institute. He co-authored the book: Data: Where It Is and How to Get It: The 1993 Directory of Business, Environment and Energy Data Sources.
In the 1970s, he and his wife moved to the Annapolis, Maryland area to be close to the water. He was an avid reader and life-time learner who loved music, history, philosophy, and literature. He was a great story-teller.
He is survived by his son, Michael John Coleman, Alexandria, Virginia; his daughter, Marie Kaddell and her husband Samuel Kaddell, Burke, Virginia; his sister, Ruth Vaglivelo, Monroe, Connecticut; his brother, Joseph Coleman, Shelton, Connecticut; his grandchildren, Samantha and Joshua Kaddell, Burke, VA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family asked that in lieu of flowers donations be made to MAGNUM: The National Migraine Association http://www.migraines.org/
Born February 22, 1926 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Madeline and Edward Coleman. He was a World War II veteran and served in the European theater of operation. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Scranton. He married Marie Frances Schroeder in 1951.
After the war, he worked in the family business, the Coleman Ice Cream Company. Moving to the D.C. area with his wife in 1951, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service for four years and then the Department of Commerce from 1955 until his retirement in 1989. He did coursework at both Georgetown University and George Washington University towards a graduate degree in labor economics. He was instrumental in the effort to computerize U.S. regional income statistics. He was honored by the Department of Commerce in 1968 with a Silver Medal for his major contribution to those working in the field of regional and welfare economics, marketing analysis, and urban planning. He authored and was consulted on a number of economic articles and other works. He was a long-term member of the Federal Committee of Statistical Methodology. After retiring, he did consulting and was president of two Annapolis-based consulting firms focused on economic and policy issues. He did a brief stint as an adjunct professor with the Economic Strategy Institute. He co-authored the book: Data: Where It Is and How to Get It: The 1993 Directory of Business, Environment and Energy Data Sources.
In the 1970s, he and his wife moved to the Annapolis, Maryland area to be close to the water. He was an avid reader and life-time learner who loved music, history, philosophy, and literature. He was a great story-teller.
He is survived by his son, Michael John Coleman, Alexandria, Virginia; his daughter, Marie Kaddell and her husband Samuel Kaddell, Burke, Virginia; his sister, Ruth Vaglivelo, Monroe, Connecticut; his brother, Joseph Coleman, Shelton, Connecticut; his grandchildren, Samantha and Joshua Kaddell, Burke, VA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family asked that in lieu of flowers donations be made to MAGNUM: The National Migraine Association http://www.migraines.org/
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