Background
Withers, Alton Merrill was born on November 17, 1926 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Weyland Withers and Norma L. (Smith) Stendebach.
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Alton Merrill Withers
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in Accounting, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1949.
Career
Contractor, Sears Roebuck and Company, 1949-1957; staff accountant, Sears Roebuck and Company, Chicago, 1957-1959; comptr., Sears Roebuck S.A., Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1959-1963; group contractor, Sears Roebuck and Company, Denver, 1964-1966; catalog order contractor, Sears Roebuck and Company, Philadelphia, 1966-1968; regional contractor, Sears Roebuck and Company, Philadelphia, 1968-1976; vice president, Spiegel Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois, 1976-1984; executive vice president, chief finance officer, Spiegel Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois, since 1985; president acceptance corporation, Spiegel Inc., since 1988. Board directors Oak Brook Bank, First Oak Brook Bancshares, Eddie Bauer, Inc., Honeybee, Inc.
Politics
It is in God’s power to prompt the hearts and minds of political authorities to His purposes and furnish wisdom and guidance in their decisions.
Views
The family is the basic human community through which persons are nurtured and sustained in mutual love, responsibility, respect, and fidelity.
Membership
Served as corporation United States Air Force, 1945-1947. Member of DuPage (Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois). Monroe (Chicago), Masons.
Interests
Connections
Married Marion Ruth Guthrie, April 20, 1947. Children: Alton M. Junior, Deborah R. Withers Flannery.
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Nationality
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Religion
Baptist -
Political Party
Republican