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Sears Roebuck
COMPANY
Founded 1886 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Richard W. Sears and Alvah C. Roebuck. Under the hand of billionaire Eddie Lampert, K-Mart acquired Sears in 2005 and assumed its name.
Official Website:
http://www.sears.com/ Industry:
Retail
Ticker:
NASDAQ:SHLD
Sales:
$50.7B (2007)
Employees:
300,000 (2008)
EXECUTIVES
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward A. Brennan |
Business |
16-Jan-1934 |
27-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1984-95 |
| Jim Cantalupo |
Business |
14-Nov-1943 |
19-Apr-2004 |
CEO of McDonald's, 2002-04 |
| Donald J. Carty |
Business |
23-Jun-1946 |
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CEO of American Airlines, 1998-2003 |
| Alston D. Correll |
Business |
28-Apr-1941 |
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CEO of Georgia-Pacific, 1993-2005 |
| Julian C. Day |
Business |
14-May-1952 |
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CEO of Radio Shack |
| W. James Farrell |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005 |
| Alan J. Lacy |
Business |
19-Oct-1953 |
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CEO of Sears, 2000-05 |
| Arthur C. Martinez |
Business |
1939 |
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CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1995-2000 |
| Michael A. Miles |
Business |
c. 1940 |
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CEO of Philip Morris, 1991-94 |
| Richard C. Notebaert |
Business |
1947 |
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CEO of Qwest, 2002-07 |
| Hugh B. Price |
Activist |
1941 |
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President of the Urban League, 1994-2003 |
| Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
| Donald Rumsfeld |
Government |
9-Jul-1932 |
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US Secretary of Defense, 2001-06 |
| Patrick G. Ryan |
Business |
15-May-1937 |
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CEO of Aon, 1982-2005 |
| Dorothy A. Terrell |
Business |
12-Jun-1945 |
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VP at NMS Communications, 1998-2002 |
| Robert E. Wood |
Business |
13-Jun-1879 |
6-Nov-1969 |
Chairman of Sears, 1939-54 |
| Raul Yzaguirre |
Activist |
22-Jul-1939 |
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National Council of La Raza |
EMPLOYMENT
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Henry Dreyfuss |
Inventor |
2-Mar-1904 |
5-Oct-1972 |
Product designer, human factors engineer |
| Hersh Kozlov |
Attorney |
15-Nov-1947 |
|
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Lauren Hutton |
Model |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
Paper Lion and American Gigolo |
| Arnold Palmer |
Golf |
10-Sep-1929 |
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Won 61 PGA tournaments |
| Ty Pennington |
TV Personality |
19-Oct-1965 |
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Carpenter on Trading Spaces |
| Stefanie Powers |
Actor |
2-Nov-1942 |
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Hart to Hart |
| Bob Vila |
TV Personality |
20-Jun-1946 |
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Host of carpentry show This Old House |
| Billy Dee Williams |
Actor |
6-Apr-1937 |
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Lando Calrissian, Colt-45 malt liquor pitchman |
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