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He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo,where he majored in Drama, graduating in 1970. He would later earn an Master of Business Administration from the University of Buffalo.
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Nathan Polk Morton
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Born in Washington, District of Columbia to Robert and Natalie Morton. His elementary and junior high school years were spent in the Town of Tonawanda, a northern suburb bordering Buffalo,New York, His family moved to Chicago,Illinois shortly after starting High School. He became executive VP of operations with the Home Depot, expanding its stores across the nation and is listed in "the book" about Home Depo"s founding and meteoric expansion.
He was later recruited to join Soft Warehouse Incorporated. as its chief operating officer and Chief Executive Officer in 1988, oversaw changing the company"s name to CompUSA and taking it public in 1991.
He resigned as the company"s chairman and Chief Executive Officer in December 1993. At the time of his death from pneumonia in Frisco, Texas, he was chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Central Lighting Company based in Irvine, California, chairman of the board of American Homestar Corporation in Houston, Texas, and chairman of the board of Starpower Home Entertainment Stores of Dallas, Texas.
He is survived by his widow, Patti Morton, four sons, Jason, Ryan, Logan, and Chase Morton, step-daughter, Amy Richardson Hine and step-grandson, Grant Richardson. Big-box store is a term of art in the retail trade that refers to a style of retail store, and by extension to the company behind the store.
The terms superstore, megastore, and supercenter also refer to these retail establishments.
Obituary for Nathan P. Morton as published December 2,3, 2005 can be found here.
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November 30, 2005 (aged 57)