Background
Leboutillier, Philip was born on October 22, 1887 in in New York, New York, United States. Son of John and Fannie (Goodman) LeB.
Leboutillier, Philip was born on October 22, 1887 in in New York, New York, United States. Son of John and Fannie (Goodman) LeB.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton.
Began with Sibley, Lindsay & Carr, Rochester, New York, then with Jordan Marsh, Boston. Superintendent, general manager LeBoutillier Brothers, 1911-1913. With John Wanamaker (New York), 1914.
General assistant, later secretary, general manager and director Best & Company (New York), 1917-1924, vice president, general manager and director, 1924-1927, president, general manager, director, 1927-1955, chairman board, director, from 1957.
Director 2 East. 70th Saint Corporation Originator, developer of the Suburban Branch Store Idea. Chevalier, French Legion of Honor.
Commendatore, Order of the Crown of Italy.
Member American Society of Royal Italian Order, American Society of French Legion of Honorary, Huguenot Society, Magna Charta Barons (Somerset chapter), Society Colonial Wars in State of New York, Sons of the American Revolution (Empire State Society), Ancient and Honorary Artillery Society of Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati (New Jersey), Saint Nicholas Society. Clubs: University, Lake Placid (New York).
Married Gertrude Havens Tifft, May 19, 1909 (divorced 1936). Married second, Mistress. Children: Peggy, Philip, Junior.