David Dillon

David Dillon
Born	March 30, 1951 (1951-03-30) (age 60) Hutchinson, Kansas

David B. Dillon (born March 30, 1951) is the CEO of Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Life

Born in 1951 in Hutchinson, Kansas, Dillon graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1969. Dillon is an Eagle Scout and was a senior patrol leader in Boy Scout Troop 301, of which his father was Scoutmaster.^[1] Dillon attended the University of Kansas, where he was student body president and initiated into Sigma Chi. Dillon also attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

J.S. Dillon, Dillon's great-grandfather, a Presbyterian pastor, started a self-service grocery store in Sterling, Kansas. His sons, including David's grandfather, continued growing the enterprise into a chain of stores. David's father, Paul, along with two cousins, guided the corporation in the next generation when Dillon Stores became a public corporation. It was headquartered in Hutchinson, 20 miles from Sterling.

Kroger

In 1982, Kroger bought out Dillon Stores.^[2] Eventually, a member of the fourth generation of the family, David, became the CEO.

References

1. ^ Wilson, Suzanne (May–June 1999). "Celebration of Eagles". Scouting (Irving, TX: Boy Scouts of America): 35–37. http://books.google.com/books?id=B_0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=david+dillon+scoutmaster&source=bl&ots=uXyzdTxF5_&sig=AdRMgDhV0t9SHy9wY_ltQjt-YWU&hl=en&ei=PGQETOabE52QMrmkqTs&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=david%20dillon%20scoutmaster&f=false. 
2. ^ International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 12. St. James Press, 1996.

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Name	Dillon, David
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Date of birth	March 30, 1951
Place of birth	Hutchinson, Kansas
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