Background
Cotter, John M. was born in 1904.
Cotter, John M. was born in 1904.
With Dayton's Bluff Hardware Company, 1916-1923. Salesman Raymer Hardware Company, 1923-1928. General partner Kohloop Hardware, 1928-1931.
General merchandise manager Kelly-How-Thompson Company, 1933-1942. Vice president, general manager Oakes & Company, 1942-1948. With Cotter & Company, Chicago, from 1948, chairman board, director, from 1978.