Philip Irving Wilber

Background

Wilber, Philip Irving was born on July 12, 1927 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Luther Irving and Francis Martha Leona (Lamountain) Wilber.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1949.

Career

Management trainee, F.W. Woolworth, Akron, 1950-1951; store manager, Smith & Sons Hardware, Akron, 1952-1955; buyer, Gray Drug Stores, Inc., Cleveland, 1956-1960; manager buying department, Gray Drug Stores, Inc., Cleveland, 1963-1971; buyer, Adams Drug Company, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1961-1962; vice president merchandising, Lane Drug Company, Toledo, 1972-1977; founder, president, chairman, Drug Emporium, Inc., Worthington, Ohio., since 1977. Board directors Cincinnati Drug Distbrs., Brew Drug Company, Milwaukee, Affiliated Associated Drug, New York.

Achievements

• Philip Irving Wilber has been listed as a noteworthy retail drug chain by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Muirfield Golf Club (Dublin, Ohio), T.P.C. Prestanca Club (Sarasota, Florida), Masons.

Interests

• Golf.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Covert, September 13, 1949. Children: Gary, Philip, Mary Elizabeth, Nancy Lynn. Married Catherine Ann Kahn, December 26, 1970.

Children: Debra Ann, Lori Lee.

Father:

Luther Irving Wilber

Mother:

Francis Martha Leona (Lamountain) Wilber

Spouse:

Catherine Ann Kahn

Spouse:

Mary Ann Covert

child:

Lori Lee Wilber

child:

Mary Elizabeth Wilber

child:

Philip Wilber

child:

Debra Ann Wilber

child:

Nancy Lynn Wilber

child:

Gary Wilber