Harold Richard Somerset

Background

Somerset, Harold Richard was born on September 25, 1935 in Woodbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Harold Kitchener and Margaret Mary (Roche) Somerset.

Education

Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1957. Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1959. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1967.

Career

Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1957, advanced through grades to lieutenant, 1961. Service in the United States and Hawaii. Resigned, 1964; with firm Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, 1967-1972.

Corporate Counsel Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Honolulu, 1972-1974, vice president, general counsel, 1974-1978, group vice president-sugar, 1978-1979, executive vice president-agriculture, 1979-1984. With California & Hawaiian Sugar Company, San Francisco, 1984-1993, executive vice president, chief operating officer, 1984-1988, president, chief executive officer, 1988-1993, business consultant, 1994—2002. President, Chief Executive Officer Longs Drug Stores Corporation, 2002—2003.

Retired

Board directors Longs Drug Stores Corporation, Brown and Caldwell. Business consultant, since 2003.

Achievements

• Harold Richard Somerset has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advisory board San Francisco National Maritime Museum.

Connections

Married Marjory Deborah Ghiselin, June 22, 1957 (deceased January 1984). Children: Timothy Craig, Paul Alexander. Married Jean MacAlpine DesMarais, January 2, 1985.

Stepchildren: Cheryl Lyn DesMarais, James Fenelon DesMarais.

Father:

Harold Kitchener Somerset

Mother:

Margaret Mary (Roche) Somerset

Spouse:

Marjory Deborah Ghiselin

Spouse:

Jean MacAlpine DesMarais

child:

Paul Alexander Somerset

child:

James Fenelon DesMarais Somerset

child:

Cheryl Lyn DesMarais Somerset

child:

Timothy Craig Somerset