James A. Walsh

Background

Walsh, James A. was born in 1923.

Education

Student, Fordham University. Student, New York University.

Career

Clerk American Cyanamid Company, 1942-1943. Officer manager Harper Megee Inc., 1946-1948. With Allied Stores Corporation, 1948-1987.

Assistant controller Bon Marche, Seattle, 1955-1957, vice president, controller, 1957-1965, executive vice president, 1965-1968, president, managing director, 1968-1971, vice president parent company, 1968-1978. Senior vice president parent company, executive group manager The Bon, Seattle, Donaldson's, Minneapolis, Block's, Indianapolis, 1978-1985. President parent company, from 1985, director, from 1980.

President Allied Stores Corporation, New York, 1985-1987. Officer Bon Marche.

Achievements

• James A. Walsh has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.