John Frederick Woodhouse

Background

Woodhouse, John Frederick was born on November 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of John Crawford and Anna (Houth) Woodhouse.

Education

Bachelor, Wesleyan University, 1953. Doctor of Humane Letters, Wesleyan University, 1997. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1955.

Career

Business development officer, Canada Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Ontario, 1955-1959; various finance positions, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1959-1964; various finance positions, Cooper Industries, Inc., Mount Vernon, Ohio., 1964-1967; treasurer, Houston, 1967-1969; treasurer, Crescent-Niagara Corporation, Buffalo, 1968-1969; executive vice president, Chief Financial Officer, Sysco Corporation, Houston, 1969-1971; president, chief operating officer, Sysco Corporation, Houston, 1972-1983; president, Chief Executive Officer, Sysco Corporation, Houston, 1983-1985; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Sysco Corporation, Houston, 1985-1996; member executive and finance committees, Sysco Corporation, Houston, since 1996; Chairman, Board Of Directors, chairman of the executive committee, Sysco Corporation, Houston, since 1986. Board directors, chairman of the executive committee Shell Oil Corporation. Board directors, member Executive Committee.

Achievements

• John Frederick Woodhouse has been listed as a noteworthy Food distribution company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Michigan 16th district representative Club, 1962-1964. Treasurer Cooper Industries Foundation, 1967-1969. Trustee Wesleyan University, 1976-1992, vice-chairman, 1986-1992, chairman comprehensive capital campaign, 1998-1905.

Ruling elder Presbyterian Church. Trustee, chairman audit committee, member executive committee Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1996-2006. Board directors Winrock International Institute Agricultural Development, 1993-2000, member finance committee, member executive committee, chairman investment committee.

Board advisors The Retail Food Industry Center, University Minnesota, 1998-2002. Trustee The American Institute Food Distribution, Elmwood Park, New Jersey, 2001-2007, The Food Institute, 2001-2007, Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly, Hunt, Texas, since 2002, vice chairman, since 2010, Memorial Park Conservancy, Houston, 2004-2009. Member National American Wholesale Grocers Association (board directors 1990-2002, vice chairman 1992, chairman 1994-1996), International Foodservice Distributors Association (Herbert Hoover award 2000), Finance Executives Institute, Harvard Business School Club, Sigma Chi (Significant Sig 1992).

Interests

• Avocations: backpacking, canoeing, tennis.

Connections

Married Marilyn Ruth Morrow, June 18, 1955. Children: John Crawford II, Marjorie Ann Woodhouse Purdy.

Father:

John Crawford Woodhouse

Mother:

Anna (Houth) Woodhouse

Spouse:

Marilyn Ruth Morrow

child:

Marjorie Ann Woodhouse Purdy Woodhouse

child:

John Crawford II Woodhouse