Rex Repass

Rex Repass
Born
Rex L. Repass

Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupations
  • Public opinion researcher
  • marketing research executive
  • consultant
Years active1980s–present
Employers
  • Research America Inc.
  • MarketVision Research
  • R.L. Repass & Partners
OrganizationAmerican Association for Public Opinion Research
Known for
  • Founder of The West Virginia Poll
  • Young Thundering Herd player (1970s)
  • President of Research America Inc.
Awards
  • Marshall University JMC Hall of Fame (1994)
  • Marshall University Distinguished Alumnus (2017)

Rex L. Repass is a US-based public opinion and marketing research executive. He is formerly the president of Research America. Research America Inc. acquired R.L. Repass & Partners, Inc. in 2016.[1]

Biography

Repass is a native of Charleston, West Virginia and a 1976 graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He was a member of the Young Thundering Herd football team [2] in the early 1970s following the plane crash of Southern Airways Flight 932.[3] In 1977, Repass received a Master of Science degree in communications from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, with a special emphasis in public opinion and advertising research.

In 1980, Repass developed The West Virginia Poll for the Charleston Daily Mail, WSAZ Television and the Associated Press.[4] The West Virginia Poll [5] was the first media sponsored scientific measurement of public opinion in West Virginia. The West Virginia Poll is sponsored by the MetroNews Radio Network.[6]

In 1988, Repass moved his research practice from Charleston, West Virginia to MarketVision Research Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was president of the organization.[7] In 2001, he sold his interest in MarketVision and formed what became R.L. Repass & Partners Inc.

Repass is a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Growing Cincinnati Firm Acquired". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  2. ↑ Herald-Dispatch, The. "Young Herd hopes fans stick by team". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  3. ↑ Herald-Dispatch, The. "Gallery: Marshall's Young Thundering Herd victory against Xavier, Sept. 25, 1971". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  4. ↑ Wellness Council of West Virginia Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 3, 2010
  5. ↑ "About | the West Virginia Poll". Archived from the original on March 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ "WV Poll shows Capito up 17". WV MetroNews. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  7. ↑ "Blue Ash firm leads Internet study". www.enquirer.com. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
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