Background
Lea, Albert Robert was born on May 27, 1921 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Wentworth and Lillian (Ryan) Lea.
Lea, Albert Robert was born on May 27, 1921 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Wentworth and Lillian (Ryan) Lea.
AB, Amherst College, 1943. Student, Harvard Graduate School Business Administration, 1943.
Executive vice president Ashcraft Inc., Kansas City, 1957—1967, 1983—1986. President, 1967—1983. Dir; president The Lea Company, from 1986.
Trustee Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 1983—1988. Lieutenant Supply Corps. United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member of Metropolitan Club, University Club, Mission Hills Country Club, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Joyce Winona Padgett, March 17, 1943 (divorced). Children: Patricia, Jennifer, Anne, Melissa. Married Helen Clay Jones, March 12, 1961.
Children: Albert Robert, Robbert Wentworth World War II.