James Potter Richey

Background

Richey, James Potter was born on February 27, 1929 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Alban and Lucy Christiana (Rafter) Richey.

Education

Student Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1946, Bard College, 1948-1950, George Washington University, 1950-1951.

Career

Apprentice cabinet maker Albert Wood & Five Sons, Portuguese Washington, New York, 1942-1944. With retail buying and sales division J.C. Penney and Hecht Company, 1951-1957. With woodworking/furniture production, engineering and management division Brunswick Corporation, 1957-1961, Howard Miller Clock, 1961-1964, Freedman Artcraft Corporation, 1964-1969.

Founder, president, chief executive officer Butler Furniture Industries, Incorporated., Carrollton, Kentucky, since 1970.

Achievements

• James Potter Richey has been listed as a noteworthy furniture manufacturing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1946-1948. Member Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Carroll County Mental Retardation Association (president 1970-1974). Club: Jefferson (Louisville).

Lodges: Kiwanis, Moose.

Connections

Married Dorothy Lee Davis, October 10, 1953 (divorced October 1975). Children– Meghan Thorpe, Matthew Potter, Andrew Seabury.

Father:

Alban Richey

Mother:

Lucy Christiana (Rafter) Richey

Spouse:

Dorothy Lee Davis

child:

Matthew Potter Richey

child:

Andrew Seabury Richey

child:

Meghan Thorpe Richey