| Frank L. Sweetser | |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1873 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | management consultant, business executive, and organizational theorist |
Frank Loel Sweetser (June 2, 1873 – December 17, 1953) was an American pioneer management consultant, business executive, and organizational theorist. He was general manager of the Dutchess Manufacturing Company,[1] and served as president of the American Management Association, and of the National Association of Cost Accountants, now Institute of Management Accountants.[2] [3]
Sweetser was born in 1873 in Wilton, New Hampshire, son of Harrison Cole Sweetser, a traveling salesman, and Abby Ann (Walton) Sweetser.[4] Sweetser came into prominence early 1920s as author of a series articles on cost accounting, published in the System magazine. In those years he served as general manager of the Dutchess Manufacturing Company, a trouser manufacturers at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
In 1925 Sweetser was elected president of the American Management Association for 1927 at their recent annual meeting,[5] as successor of Sam A. Lewisohn and was in 1928 succeeded by William W. Kincaid.[6] In 1927 he also served as new chairman of the International Garments Manufacturers' Association,[7] and in the year 1928-29 he served as president of the National Association of Cost Accountants.[8] [9]
In 1930 Sweetser became partner in the consulting firm of Stevenson, Harrison & Jordan,[10] and later senior partner. He also became partner in the National Photo Laboratories.[3]
Sweetser married Lura Hill Parker on June 22, 1897,[4] and they had 3 children and lived in Montclair, New Jersey. Sweetser died on December 27, 1953, in New York City at the age of 79 after a brief illness.[3]
His son, Frank L. Sweetser Jr. (1913–1994), became a notable sociologist,[11] at the department of sociology at the Indiana University.[12]