Background
Abston, Dunbar was born on January 26, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Dunbar and Esther (Cook) Abston.
Abston, Dunbar was born on January 26, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Dunbar and Esther (Cook) Abston.
AB, Princeton University, 1953; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1955; Master of Philisophy, University of Oxford, 1989.
Joined, Parts Inc., Memphis, 1959; chairman, Parts Inc., Memphis, 1979; president, parent company Parts Industries Corporation, Memphis, 1981-1983; president, chief Executive officer, parent company Parts Industries Corporation, Memphis, 1983-1987; president, proprieter, Abston Management Company, Memphis, since 1987. President Tract-O-Land Plantation. Partner Abston Farms, Lake Coromorant, Mississippi, Abston-Norfleet Realty Company, Memphis.
Past chairman Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Plough Community Foundation. Trustee Rhodes College, Lawrenceville School. Member Automotive Warehouse Distbrs.
Association (past chairman), Memphis Economics Club (past chairman), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Constance Condon, April 29, 1978. Children— Lauri Abston Arnold, Dunbar III, Linda Abston Larsen, Frank Norfleet. Stepchildren— Selden Early Popwell, Martha McKellar Early, William Cole Early III, Elizabeth Early Gore.