Background
Elberson, Robert Evans was born on November 9, 1928 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.
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Robert Evans Elberson
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Graduate, Choate School, 1946; Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1950; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1952.
Career
Management trainee, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, Winston-Salem, 1954-1956; office manager, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, 1956-1962; secretary, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, 1959-1962; vice president manufacturing, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, 1962-1965; member Executive Committee, director, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, 1963-1965; vice president planning Hanes Corporation, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company (merger Hanes Hosiery Mills Company and P.H. Hanes Knitting Company), 1965-1968; president hosiery division, vice president corporation, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company (merger Hanes Hosiery Mills Company and P.H. Hanes Knitting Company), 1968-1972; president, chief Executive officer, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company (merger Hanes Hosiery Mills Company and P.H. Hanes Knitting Company), 1972-1979; director, Hanes Hosiery Mills Company (merger Hanes Hosiery Mills Company and P.H. Hanes Knitting Company), 1972-1979; director, Sara Lee Corporation (formerly Consolidated Foods Corporation), since 1979; executive vice president, Sara Lee Corporation (formerly Consolidated Foods Corporation), 1979-1982; vice chairman, Sara Lee Corporation (formerly Consolidated Foods Corporation), 1982-1983; president, chief operating officer, Sara Lee Corporation (formerly Consolidated Foods Corporation), 1983-1986; vice chairman, Sara Lee Corporation (formerly Consolidated Foods Corporation), since 1986. Board directors W.W. Grainger Company, Skokie, Illinois, Chicago, Sonoco Products Company, Hartsville, South Carolina.
Achievements
Membership
Board visitors Babcock Graduate School Management, Wake Forest University, 1977-1983. Trustee Salem Academy and College, Winston-Salem, since 1980, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, since 1984. Lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1954.
Connections
Children: Nancy Ann, Charles Evans World War II.
