John Stephen Runyan

Background

Runyan, John Stephen was born on October 5, 1938 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of John Quinlan and Clare Rita (Sanderson) Runyan.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Washburn University, 1963.

Career

Journeyman meat man, OHSE Meat Company, Topeka, 1953-1956; salesman, Zercher Retail/Wholesale Photo Company, Topeka, 1959-1963; manager frozen food merchandising, Fleming Foods, 1963-1967; senior merchandiser, Houston, 1967-1971; general manager perishables, Oakland, California, Fleming Foods, 1971-1973; sales manager, Fremont, California, Fleming Foods, 1973-1976; division manager, Oakland, Fleming Foods, 1977-1979; division manager, Fremont and Oakland, Fleming Foods, 1979-1980; division vice president, Fleming Foods, 1980; division president, Fleming Foods, 1981-1982; corporation vice president western region, Fleming Companies, Inc., 1983-1984; corporation senior vice president, Fleming Companies, Inc., 1984-1987; corporation senior vice president corporation office, Oklahoma City, Fleming Companies, Inc., 1988; corporation senior vice president retail concepts, Fleming Companies, Inc., since 1988. Chairman national advisory board Food 4 Less, Inc., Topeka, since 1987. Board directors OrvinFire Protection, Fremont.

Achievements

• John Stephen Runyan has been listed as a noteworthy Wholesale and retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of executive board City of Hope Northern California, San Francisco, since 1978, president 1981-1982, 82-83. Member Executive Board Young Men’s Christian Association Tri City, Alameda County, California, 1988-1989. Member of advisory board Chabot College, Hayward, California, 1974-1989.

Member Boy Scouts American, San Francisco, 1986-1988. Sergeant United States Army, 1956-1958, Korea. Member Merchandising Executives San Francisco.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, hunting, dancing.

Connections

Married Mary Jo Skoch, June 8, 1963 (divorced January 1988). Children: Kelly Ann, Kimberly Kay. Married Linda Montgomery, June 1990.

Father:

John Quinlan Runyan

Mother:

Clare Rita (Sanderson) Runyan

Spouse:

Linda Montgomery

Spouse:

Mary Jo Skoch

child:

Kelly Ann Runyan

child:

Kimberly Kay Runyan