Background
Dunavant, William Buchanan was born on December 19, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Buchanan Senior and Dorothy (Knight) Dunavant.
Dunavant, William Buchanan was born on December 19, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Buchanan Senior and Dorothy (Knight) Dunavant.
Student, Vanderbilt University Bachelor of Business Administration, Memphis State University HHD (honorary), Rhodes College.
Junior partner, T.J. White & Company (now Warner Bros. Dunavant & Company), Memphis, 1952-1956;
partner, T.J. White & Company (now Warner Bros. Dunavant & Company), Memphis, 1956-1960;
Chairman, Board Of Directors, chief Executive officer, Dunavant Enterprises, Memphis, since 1957.
Board directors National Bank of Commerce, Promus, Partners, Inc., Browning Ferris Industries, Inc. Member National Advisory Committee on Cotton Marketing.
King of Memphis Cotton Carnival, 1973. Member New York Cotton Exch. (board of managers), Cotton Council International (past board directors), National Cotton Council (Chairman, Board Of Directors, past president and board directors), American Cotton Shippers Association (past president and board directors), New Orleans Commodity Exch.
(past board directors), Memphis Cotton Exch. (past board directors), Southern Cotton Association (past president and board directors), American Cotton Exporters Association (board directors).
Married Lillian Dobson (divorced May 1975). Children: Elizabeth Corneil Dunavant Adams, Dorothy Dobson Dunavant Fisher, William Buchanan III, John Dobson, Buchanan Dobson. Married Ann Querbes (divorced April 1989).
Children: Woodson Querbes, Forrest Buchanan.