Richard Lee Anderson

Background

Anderson, Richard Lee was born in 1935.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1957.

Career

With F.W. Woolworth Company, New York City, 1958, assistant to general sales manager and field personnel director, 1961—1965. Vice president Kinney of Canada, 1965—1968, retail Kinney Corporation, 1968—1975. President Kinney Shoe Corporation, 1978.

Vice president F.W. Woolworth Company, 1979—1980, senior executive vice president, 1980, president, chief operating officer, also director, 1980—1983. Executive vice president operations, chief operating officer Melville Corporation, Harrison, New York, 1983—1984, executive vice president, 1984. Joined Brown Group, Inc., St. Louis, 1986, president, since 1987.

Executive vice president Wohl Shoe Company subsidiary Brown Group until, 1987.

Achievements

• Richard Lee Anderson has been listed as a noteworthy clothing and textile company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married.