Background
Whalley, Richard Earl was born on August 16, 1934 in Kalamazoo. Son of Vincent Luke and Ruth (Jacobsen) Whalley.
Furniture manufacturing executive
Whalley, Richard Earl was born on August 16, 1934 in Kalamazoo. Son of Vincent Luke and Ruth (Jacobsen) Whalley.
Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, 1955.
Assistant buyer Rike-Kumler Company, Dayton, Ohio, 1955—1957. Buyer furniture division Montgomery Ward & Company, Chicago, 1959—1963. Division merchandise manager Kroehler Manufacturing Company, Naperville, 1964—1969, division vice president, 1969—1970.
President parent company Shannon Chair Company, Cleveland, Tennessee, since 1974. Board directors Cleveland Chair Company, Jackson Manufacturing Company. Vice president City Hope.
With United States Army Reserve, 1957-1959.
Member of Chicago Society Clubs (advisory board member), Home Furnishings Council (vice president), National Wholesale Furniture Association, Metropolitan (Chicago).
Married Dorothy Tiffany Whalley, August 29, 1959. Children: Scott, Sharon.