Background
Schmidt, John Winfield was born on September 27, 1935 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Jerome and Florence Gertrude (Hill).
Schmidt, John Winfield was born on September 27, 1935 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Jerome and Florence Gertrude (Hill).
BSin Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1958.
Special projects engineer Oxford Indiana, Vidalia, Georgia, 1962-1966. Principal Kurt Salmon Associate, El Paso, Texas, 1973-1981. Director production Calvin Klein Jeans, Georgia, 1981-1985.
Vice president production The Hartwell Company, Hartwell, 1985-1994. President International Apparel Group, Aiken, South Carolina, 1994-1995. Vice president production Calvin Klein Jeanswear, New York City, 1995-1997.
Executive vice president Calvin Klein Kids, 1997. President Quality Textiles, 1998-2001, Schmidt Ent., Newnan, Georgia, since 2000. Principal consultant Kurt Salmon Associates, 1966-1973.
Board directors Apparel Education Foundation, New York City, 1992-1997. Lecturer in field.
Member American Apparel and Footwear Association (chairman legal and regulatory committee 1985-1987, chairman college education subcommittee 1986-1988, chairman education committee 1986-1992), Rotary.
Son of; married Sybil Janet Parker, June 7, 1958. Children: Michael, Mark.