Melvin Thomas Copeland (1884–1975) was a professor emeritus at Harvard Business School.
at Bowdoin College and received both an A.M. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
[3] Copeland briefly taught at New York University before returning to Harvard in 1912.
[3] The Melvin T. Copeland Award was established in his honor upon his retirement in 1953.
[3] Copeland's publications include Cotton Manufacturing Industry of the U.S., Problems in Marketing, and And Mark an Era, a history of Harvard Business School.