Paul Lindsay Sample

Background

Sample, Paul Lindsay was born on September 17, 1897 in Manteo, North Carolina, United States. Son of Augustus Gambrel and Ida Mae (Shaw) Sample.

Education

Student Elizabeth City (North Carolina) High School, 1910-1914. Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College (now Duke U.), Durham, North Carolina, 1918.

Career

With G. C. Murphy Company, chain variety stores, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, since 1918, as floorman, 1918-1919, assistant store manager, 1919-1920, store manager, 1921-1923, superintendent of stores, 1924-1927, director of personnel, 1926-1929, assistant sales manager, 1928-1930, sales manager, 1931-1937, vice president in charge sales, 1938-1946, director since 1929, executive vice president, 1946, president since 1947. President Mack Realty corporation since 1946. Chairman Morris Stores, Bluffton, Indiana since 1951.

Trustee, Chairman of the Board Chautauqua (New York) Institution.

National councillor United States Chamber of Commerce. Trustee Duke U.; director American Red Cross.

Achievements

• Paul Lindsay Sample has been listed as a noteworthy merchant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Management Association, National Association of Manufacturers, Boston Economics Conference, (member of advisory board), Limited Price Variety Stores Association (chairman), Academy Political Science (life), American Legion, Omicron Delta Kappa (honorary). Mason (Shriner).; Clubs: Youghiogheny Country (McKeesport).

Connections

Married Helen Henrietta Heinz, October 31, 1929. Children: Miriam Elizabeth, Dorothy Jean, Becky Ann and Mathilda Mae (twins).

Father:

Augustus Gambrel Sample

Mother:

Ida Mae (Shaw) Sample

Spouse:

Helen Henrietta Heinz

child:

Becky Ann and Mathilda Mae Sample (twins)

child:

Miriam Elizabeth Sample

child:

Dorothy Jean Sample