Background
Gamble,, J. Carr was born on March 1, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of J. Carr and Edna (Idler) Gamble.
manufacturing and retail company executive
Gamble,, J. Carr was born on March 1, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of J. Carr and Edna (Idler) Gamble.
AB, Amherst College, 1940.
With Ely-Walker division Burlington Industries, St. Louis, 1946-1965, vice president, 1955-1962, president, 1962-1965. Executive vice president, operating head Whitmans Chocolates division Pet, Inc., Philadelphia, 1965-1967, president, 1967-1970, J and R division Brown Group, Inc., St. Louis, 1971-1974. Corporation senior vice president Brown Group Inc., Clayton, Missouri, 1974-1979, executive vice president, 1979-1985, also director.
Trustee John Burroughs School, Ladue, Missouri, 1974-1977, president board trustees, 1975-1977. Trustee, secretary St. Luke's Hospitals, St. Louis, 1978-1984. Served to lieutenant colonel Signal Corps and General Staff Corps United States Army, 1941-1946.
Member of University (St. Louis) (director 1977— president 1985-1986), St. Louis Country (St. Louis).
Married Dorothy Lee Wharton, September 29, 1951. Children– Claire Lee, J. Carr, III, Anne Carlisle.