Bickmore, Lee S.

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Vital Statistics

• Born 1908, Paradise, Utah^[1].
• Died 1986, Vero Beach, Florida^[2]

Work History

• Selling job with Nabisco following the depression.. Later fired in a cutback because he was last one hired and was single.^[3]
• Later returned to Nabisco.^[4]
• 1960 - President, National Biscuit Company (Nabisco).^[5]
• 1961 - Chief Executive Officer, National Biscuit Company (Nabisco).^[6]
• 1962 - Board member, Banker's Trust, 1962^[7].
• 1968 - Chairman, National Biscuit Company (Nabisco).^[8]
• 1969 - Vice Chairman, Promotion and Advertising committee, Voluntary Action to Help the Poor Section, White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, December 2, 3, and 4, 1969^[9].

Professional Recognition

• Marketing Statesman of the Year, Sales Executive Club of New York.^[10]

Education

• BA, Utah State University.^[11]
• Graduate work, Utah State University.^[12]

Church Service

• Gospel Doctrine Teacher.^[13]

• Served on search committee to choose head of new Church "external communications" (i.e., public communications) department. Committee chose Wendel J. Ashton^[14].

• Appointed special consultant to the First Presidency, 28 September 1972^[15].

• Member of the Church Finance Committee, 1974^[16].

Publications

• Success Has Four Price Tags, The Readers' Digest. March 1965.^[17]
• Speech in Vital Speeches.^[18]

1. ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang. "LEE BICKMORE, EX-CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY.(Obituary)(Obituary)." The New York Times (June 12, 1986)
2. ↑ Lee S. Bickmore; headed Nabisco. Chicago Sun-Times (AP), June 10, 1986. Saxon, Wolfgang. "LEE BICKMORE, EX-CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY.(Obituary)(Obituary)." The New York Times (June 12, 1986).
3. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
4. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
5. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
6. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
7. ↑ Display Ad. New York Times, Jan. 3, 1962.
8. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
9. ↑ White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health. J. Nutr. 1969 99: 257-260.
10. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
11. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
12. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
13. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
14. ↑ Wendell J. Ashton: advocate, publisher, civic leader by Val L. Peterson. Masters Thesis, Brigham Young University, 1994.
15. ↑ �Diary of Action: The Life and Administration of Harold B. Lee,� Ensign, Feb 1974, p.11.
16. ↑ �Sustaining of Church Officers,� Ensign, Nov 1974, p. 36.
17. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.
18. ↑ Cannon, Mark. Mormons in the Executive Suite, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. v3 n3, Autumn 1968, pp 97-108.