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| − | '''William T. Dillard''' (1914-2002) was the founder of [[Dillard's]] Department Stores. | + | '''William T. Dillard Sr.''' (1914-2002) was the founder of [[Dillard's]] Department Stores. |
| − | Dillard was born in 1914 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, to a country store owner. Dillard received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas and a master's degree from Columbia University. He worked first at Sears, then opened a store of his own in 1938. Dillard purchased Brown-Dunkin of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1960. | + | Dillard was born in 1914 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, to a country store owner. Dillard received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas in 1935 and a master's degree from Columbia University. He worked first at Sears, then opened a store of his own in Nashville, Arkansas, in 1938. Dillard purchased Brown-Dunkin of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1960. In 1963 he purchased [[Pfeifers]] and the [[Blass Department Store]] in Little Rock. |
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| + | By the late 1990s the chain had more than three hundred stores, 43,000 employees, and $6.6 billion in annual sales. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| + | *[http://ice.waltoncollege.uark.edu/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=68fe4191-920b-4cc4-9f73-1e86e7813ece Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Video - William T. Dillard Sr.] | ||
[[Category:1914 births]] | [[Category:1914 births]] | ||
[[Category:2002 deaths]] | [[Category:2002 deaths]] | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 15 February 2009
William T. Dillard Sr. (1914-2002) was the founder of Dillard's Department Stores.
Dillard was born in 1914 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, to a country store owner. Dillard received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas in 1935 and a master's degree from Columbia University. He worked first at Sears, then opened a store of his own in Nashville, Arkansas, in 1938. Dillard purchased Brown-Dunkin of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1960. In 1963 he purchased Pfeifers and the Blass Department Store in Little Rock.
By the late 1990s the chain had more than three hundred stores, 43,000 employees, and $6.6 billion in annual sales.
