Background
Kinney, Earl Robert was born on April 12, 1917 in Burnham, Maine, United States. Son of Harry E. and Ethel (Vose) Kinney.
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Earl Robert Kinney
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Bates College, 1939; postgraduate, Harvard University Graduate School, 1940.
Career
Founder,, North Atlantic Pack Company, Bar Harbor, Maine., 1941;
president, North Atlantic Pack Company, 1941-1942;
treasurer, director, North Atlantic Pack Company, 1941-1964;
with, Gorton Corporation (became subsidiary General Mills, Inc. 1968), 1954-1968;
president, Gorton Corporation (became subsidiary General Mills, Inc. 1968), 1958-1968;
vice president, General Mills, Inc., 1968-1969;
executive vice president, General Mills, Inc., 1969-1973;
chief finance officer, General Mills, Inc., 1970-1973;
president, chief operating officer, General Mills, Inc., 1973-1977;
Chairman of the Board, General Mills, Inc., 1977-1981;
president, chief Executive officer, IDS Mutual Fund Group, Minneapolis, 1982-1987.
Board directors Idexx laboratories, Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Bates College, also chairman alumni drives, 1960-1964.
Connections
Married Margaret Velie Thatcher, April 23, 1977. Children: Jeanie Elizabeth, Earl Robert, Isabella Alice.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1939
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1940