1968-v03-n3-Dialogue-Mormons in the Executive Suite

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Dialogue Journal

v03 n3 Autumn 1968

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Mormons in the Executive Suite

by Mark W. Cannon

Summary of the New York City elements mentioned in this article

• (pg 97, 2nd paragraph) The Short Hills Ward of New Jersey Stake, for example, has some forty-five executives with positions of significance, beginning with chairmen of the boards of two corporate giants.

• DeWitt Paul Chairman, Beneficial Finance(largest consumer finance company in U.S. in assets ($1.5 billion) and outlets (1,800)) since 1962. Patriarch of New Jersey Stake.

• Lee S. Bickmore Chairman, National Biscuit Company (later Nabisco).

• Alex G. Oblad Vice President, Research and Engineering, M. W. Kellogg Co., a petroleum, chemical and fertilizer production facility design firm.

• Stephen H. Fletcher, Vice President and General Counsel, Western Electric. Son of noted scientist Harvey Fletcher.

• G. Stanley McAllister, Vice President, Properties and Operations Research, Associated Dry Goods Corportation (parent company of Lord & Taylor, Goldwaters, etc.). Spearheaded LDS Church involvement in the 1964-1965 World's Fair and the planned Mormon skyscraper off Fifth Avenue.

• William F. Edwards was a Wall Street investment counselor prior to retiring at age 45 to become BYU Vice President.

• Gerald L. Davey, President, Credit Data Corporation.

• O. Leslie Stone, President, Skaggs-Stone.

• Wilford Farnsworth, Vice President, First National City Bank of New York (now Citibank).

• Lochinvar Club is a club of high-level executives in the New York area with Utah and Mormon backgrounds.

• Robert Bradford, Chairman, American Smelting, Refining.

• Lew Callaway, Publisher, Newsweek.

• John McLean Clifford, President, Curtis Publishing.

• Oakley S. Evans, Vice President and Director of Corporate Development, J. C. Penney, Co.

• Jay Parkinson, President, Anaconda.

• Morris Wright, General Partner, Kuhn & Loeb

• De Alton Partridge, President, Near East Foundation.

• Stanton Hale, President, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance.

• Isaac Stewart, Vice President, Union Carbide.

• Anthony I. Eyring, Washington Mutual Savings Bank.