Paver, John

• 1900 Jan. 15: Born in Montgomery, Alabama
• 1918 Oct. - 1918 Dec. : Student Army Training Corps enlistee at University of California when World War I armistice signed
• 1924: Graduated from Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) with a Bachelor of Science degree
• 1925: Graduated from Northwestern with a degree in Civil Engineering
• 1925 Sept. - 1927 Apr. : Research Engineer at Sunland Sales Corporation
• 1927 Apr. - 1933 Jan. : Chief Engineer-Secretary at the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA)
• 1933 Jan. - 1936 Jan. : Erskine Fellow and Research Associate for Miller McClintock at Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research at Harvard University
• 1936 Jan. - 1937 Apr. : Research Associate for McClintock at Advertising Research Foundation
• 1937 Apr. - 1942 June : Engineer and Manager of National Field Service Department at National Outdoor Advertising Bureau (NOAB)
• 1942 June - 1944 June : Major-Lieutenant Colonel in US Air Force during World War II
• 1944 Jul. - 1945 Jan. 1 : Managing Director of Traffic Audit Bureau (TAB)
• 1945 Jan. 1 - 1962 : President and General Manager of NOAB
• 1950: Featured speaker at the national convention of the British Poster Advertising Association
• 1958: Speaker again for the British Poster Advertising Association
• 1962: Retired from NOAB
• 1963: Guest of honor and speaker at the European Association of Outdoor Advertising in Paris
• 1972: Died

After retirement, Paver still promoted the establishment of an international organization to make use of poster advertising throughout the world and traveled extensively for this purpose. He worked closely with the British and London Poster Associations and the Outdoor Advertising Federation of Europe. Paver also published "My World War II Experiences" at some point before 1968. Only a few copies were created by printer, Harry Deckoff, of the Tribune Printing Company in New York

From the guide to the John Paver Papers, bulk, 1920-1979, 1938-1971, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)