Edward Buford Rhea

Background

Rhea, Edward Buford was born on August 14, 1934 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Edward Buford Senior and Dorothy Marie (Corless) Rhea.

Education

Bachelor of Science Economics, Rockhurst College, 1958.

Career

Grain buyer, General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, 1958-1960; merchandiser, General Mills Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1960-1963; salesman, General Foods Corporation, Kankakee, Illinois, 1963-1965; sales manager, General Foods Corporation, Kankakee, 1965; purchasing manager, General Foods Corporation, Kankakee, 1966-1967; broker, Paine Webber Jackson Curtis, 1967-1972; vice president, Paine Webber Jackson Curtis, Chicago, 1972-1980; vice president, Merrill Lynch, Chicago, 1980-1989; senior vice president, Paine Webber, 1989-1992; vice president, Merrill Lynch, Chicago, 1993-1995. Member Chicago Board of Trade 1971-1995.

Achievements

• Avocations: golf, bridge. M C.

Membership

Village trustee Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1975-1977. Board directors United Way, 1986-1988. With United States Army 1953-1955.

Member Lions Club (president 1986-1987, Mount Prospect), Rolling Green Chamber of Commerce, Moose, AM Legion.

Connections

Married M. Maureen Duffin, June 16, 1957 (divorced May 1969). Married Joanne H. Pilsl, June 15, 1969. Children: Mary Bridget, Marita, Edward.

Father:

Edward Buford Senior Rhea

Mother:

Dorothy Marie (Corless) Rhea

Spouse:

Joanne H. Pilsl

Spouse:

M. Maureen Duffin

child:

Edward Rhea

child:

Marita Rhea

child:

Mary Bridget Rhea