Background
Cummings, Nathan was born on October 14, 1896 in Saint John, N.B., Canada. Son of David and Esther (Saxe) Cummings.
Cummings, Nathan was born on October 14, 1896 in Saint John, N.B., Canada. Son of David and Esther (Saxe) Cummings.
Educated, Economist Training School, New York City. Honorary degree, Catholic U. American, Kenyon College, The Citadel, U.N.B. (Canada), Tel Aviv University, Israel. Shoe business, 1914-1917, wholesale shoe business, 1917-1924, shoe manufacturing, 1924-1930, importing general merchandise, 1930-1934, manufacturing buscuits and candy, all in Canada, 1934-1938.
President Communicative Disorders Kenny Company, Baltimore, 1939-1985.
Acquired Sprague Warner & Company, Chicago, 1942, Western Grocer Company and Marshall Canning Company of, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1944.
Acquired Reid, Murdoch & Company, Chicago, 1945. Chairman board Consolidated Grocers Corporation, Chicago, 1947-1968.
Chairman board Consolidated Grocers Corporation (name changed to Consolidated Foods Corporation), 1954, since which time more than 50 companies have been acquired, now honorary chairman.
Member Executive Committee. Director General dynamics corporation Governing life member The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago. Honorary trustee Metropolitan Museum of Artist
Patron Montreal Museum Fine Arts.
Patron, governing member Minneapolis Society Fine Arts. Member citizens board University of Chicago.
Honorary trustee Mount Sinai School Medicine. Life governor Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.
Patron Lincoln Center Performing Arts.
President Communicative Disorders Kenny Company, Baltimore, 1939-1985. Director General dynamics corporation Governing life member
Clubs: Chicago.
Married Ruth Lillian Kellert, December 30, 1919 (deceased. Children: Beatrice Violet Mayer, Herbert Kellert, Alan Harris.