Background
Wheaton, John Southworth was born on December 26, 1928 in Baltimore. Son of Ezra Almon and Ruth Adelaide (Otis) Wheaton.
Distribution company executive
Wheaton, John Southworth was born on December 26, 1928 in Baltimore. Son of Ezra Almon and Ruth Adelaide (Otis) Wheaton.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1951; Master of Business Administration, Columbia University, 1953.
Manager finance, TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1956-1960; vice president operations, Bissett-Berman Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1960-1971; vice president operations control, Foremost-McKesson, Inc., San Francisco, 1971-1974; vice president planning and analysis, McKesson Corporation, San Francisco, 1974-1986; executive vice president administration, McKesson Corporation, San Francisco, since 1986. Board directors Armor All, Irvine, California, Pharmaceutical Card Systems, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1956. Member of Olympic.
Married Joy Lorraine Thuressen, December 16, 1950. Children: Sandra, Jason, Christopher.