Santa Barbara, California
1925 - 2016
Marshall Ackerman died on the evening of Sunday, Feb. 7th, 2016. He had been residing at Heritage House, an assisted living facility in Goleta, CA, for several months leading up to his passing. Prior to that, he had spent the past 25 years in the Toro Canyon home that he and his late wife, Carol,...
Read MoreMarshall was a class act, whether acting as a principle at Rodale Press or our gracious host at business conventions. He represented his organization with great integrity with a little bit of humor at times. He clearly left his mark in Allentown as well as Santa Barbara. I consider myself fortunate have known him.
George McTurk, Mattapoisett, Ma
April 04, 2016
I worked for Marshall at Rodale Press in 1961 after graduating from Emmaus High School. Marshall was brilliant and served JI Rodale, founder of our modern organic movement and his son, Bob, with full committment and expected the same of his staff. His work ethic and witt influenced me as I grew my own work style through the years.
March 18, 2016
Remembered By
Lawrence Larmer
March 16, 2016 | Allentown, PA
Marshall was one of the best guys I have ever known! He was of course a great friend and colleague of my father through Rodale. I served on the Allentown Arts Commission with him and was deeply envious of his McKinley collection, the contrarian nature of which impressed me greatly. He was considerate enough to take me to lunch at the Rodale Fitness House in Emmaus on a regular basis except on those days when they served liver. He and Carol had a 30-year "last chapter" in their lives in...
Lawrence Larmer
March 16, 2016
