Background
Shames, Ervin Richard was born on July 6, 1940 in Des Moines. Son of David S. and Evelyn (Grund) Williams.
Food and chemical company executive
Shames, Ervin Richard was born on July 6, 1940 in Des Moines. Son of David S. and Evelyn (Grund) Williams.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, U. Florida, 1962; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1966.
With, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, New York, 1967-1989; group executive external development, information services and corporation planning, successively group vice president, coffee and food service, president Maxwell House division, group vice president, General Foods Europe, Brussels, 1979-1982; executive vice president, president international operations, General Foods Europe, Brussels, 1982-1986; senior executive vice president United States grocery business, General Foods Europe, Brussels, 1986-1987; president, chief Executive officer, General Foods United States of America, 1987-1989; president, Kraft United States of America, 1989; chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer,, The Kendall Company, 1989-1990; president, Chief Executive Officer,, The Stride Rite Corporation, 1990-1993; Chairman of the Board, The Stride Rite Corporation, 1992-1993; president, chief operating officer, Borden, Inc., Columbus, Ohio., 1993-1995; president, Chief Executive Officer, Borden, Inc., Columbus, Ohio., 1993-1995; chairman, Select Comfort Corporation, Plymouth, Minnesota, since 1996. Board directors First Brands Corporation. Visiting lecturer University of Virginia Darden Graduate School Business, since 1996.
Vice chairman Alvin Alley American Dance Theater, 1985-1989. Board visitors Fugua School Business, Duke University, 1988-1994, College Business Administration, Northeastern University, 1990-1993. Board overseers New England Medical Center, Inc., 1992-1993.
Trustee Committee for Economic Development, since 1992, North County School/Camp Treetops, since 1995, World Education, since 1995. Board directors A Better Chance, since 1996. Member Harvard Business School Alumni Association (board directors 1991-1994).
Married Louise Ginson, May 24, 1964. Children: Allyson, Steven.
