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Emory Williams, Sr. (October 26, 1911 – February 11, 2014) was an American businessman and entrepreneur. He was the chief financial officer of Sears Roebuck during the 1960s, when Sears was the largest retailer in the world. He went on to become president and chairman of the Sears Bank, a Chicago lender (later acquired by Old Kent Bank), and the president and chairman of Chicago Milwaukee Corp, a railroad and real estate company, before setting up manufacturing businesses in China in the 1990s. ==Career== Williams served as a Director of the following New York Stock Exchange companies: * Armstrong Rubber Co. (acquired by Mark IV Industries) * Roper Corporation (acquired by General Electric Co.) * General Portland Cement Co. (acquired by Lafarge)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lafarge Corporation )〕 * V.S.I. Corporation * Ft. Dearborn Income Securities (NYSE: FDI) * Chicago Milwaukee Corp. (acquired by Canadian National Railway) * Foote, Cone, Belding Communications, Inc. (acquired by Interpublic Cos.) * Bobbie Brooks, Inc. Williams served as the President of the Chicago Crusade of Mercy (United Way), President and Life Trustee of the Adler Planetarium,〔( "Adler Planetarium Life Trustees" )〕 President and Life Trustee of the Ravinia Festival Association,〔( "Ravinia Festival Life Trustees" )〕 President of the Chicago Community Fund, Chairman of the Illinois Health Education Commission, Chairman-Finance of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Trustee of the Charles W. Kellstadt Foundation and as a Life Trustee of Emory University.〔( "Emory University Life Trustees" )〕 He established the Emory Williams Awards for Excellence in Teaching at Emory University〔 and at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emory Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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