Lester Victor Tober

Background

Tober, Lester Victor was born on December 29, 1916 in St. Louis.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1935. Postgraduate, Washington University, 1936. Postgraduate, University Missouri, 1939.

Career

Secretary, Tober-Saifer Shoe Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, 1955-1965; vice president, Tober-Saifer Shoe Manufacturing Company, 1966-1968; executive vice president, Tober-Saifer Shoe Manufacturing Company, 1969-1971; president, Tober-Saifer Shoe Manufacturing Company, since 1974; president, chief Executive officer, Tober Industries, Inc., since 1977. Executive vice president Crown Shoe Company, since 1994.

Achievements

• Lester Victor Tober has been listed as a noteworthy shoe company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active St. Louis Ambassadors, United Fund. Trustee A.E. Tober Charitable Trust. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.

Member Washington University Eliot Society, St. Louis Club, Missouri Athletic Club, Naples (Florida) Pelican Bay Club, Hideaway Beach Club, Elks, Zeta Beta Tau.

Connections

Son of Abraham Engineer of Mines and Anna (Saifer) T. Married Sylvia Isenburg, August 4, 1940. Children— Neil Steven, Robert Boyd, Cristie Elizabeth.

Father:

Abraham Engineer Tober

Spouse:

Sylvia Isenburg

child:

Robert Boyd Tober

child:

Cristie Elizabeth Tober

child:

Neil Steven Tober