J. Spencer Love

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J. Spencer Love
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J. Spencer Love, 1959
Born
James Spencer Love

(1896-07-06)July 6, 1896
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 1962(1962-01-20) (aged 65)
Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Resting place Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Education Cambridge Latin School
Alma mater Harvard College (AB)
Harvard Business School (MA)
OccupationIndustrialist
Known forFounding and leading Burlington Industries
Spouses
Sara Elizabeth Love
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(m. 1922;div. 1940)​
Martha Eskridge
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(m. 1944)​
Children8

James Spencer Love, also known as J. Spencer Love (July 6, 1896 - January 20, 1962), was an American industrialist, textile manufacturer and president of chairman of Burlington Industries, the largest textile company worldwide with assets of nearly $607 million and over 62,000 employees in 1962. [1] The Martha & Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University bears his name. [2]

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Biography

Love was born July 6, 1896, in Cambridge, Massachusetts to James Lee Love and Julia (née Spencer) Love. [3] His paternal grandfather Robert Galvin Grier Love was originally from Gastonia, North Carolina and was co-owner of the Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing Company founded in 1887. [4] His great grandfather, Andrew Love, was also a wealthy slaveholder. [5]

The family lived in Cambridge because Love's father taught mathematics there. [5] His maternal family had strong ties to the University of North Carolina; his maternal grandfather being Professor James Munroe Spencer and his grandmother was Cornelia Phillips Spencer. Love attended the Cambridge Latin School, received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in three years and continued to attend Harvard Business School for another year. [6] [7]

After completing his degree in 1917, Love served in France during World War I on the headquarters staff of the 78th Division, U.S. Infantry. [8] After the war, he relocated to Gaston County, North Carolina, where his relatives were early textile mill owners. [8]

Career

Love founded Burlington Industries in 1923 with support from the Burlington Chamber of Commerce. [9]

Personal life

Love married Sara Elizabeth Love on January 22, 1922, in Davie, North Carolina. They had four sons;

They separated in 1939 and were officially divorced in 1940. [15] He remarried to Martha Eskridge on July 23, 1944, in Cleveland, North Carolina. He had four more children together;

Death

Love died on January 20, 1962, in Palm Beach, Florida aged 65. He previously was a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina. [20] [21] He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro, North Carolina.[ citation needed ]

Literature

References

  1. ↑ "Love, James Spencer | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  2. ↑ "About the Loves". Elon University. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Love, James Lee, 1860-1950 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  4. ↑ James Spencer Love (1896-1962) https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/james-spencer-love-1896-1962/
  5. 1 2 Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd; Leloudis, James L.; Korstad, Robert R.; Murphy, Mary; Jones, Lu Ann (1987). Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press Books. p. 239. ISBN   0-8078-4879-4.
  6. ↑ "NC Business Hall of Fame -- James S. Spencer". www.historync.org. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  7. ↑ disputes, Founder of Burlington Mills (now Burlington Industries) He dispatched Ed Zane to work full time at resolving the sit-in (2017-01-25). "J. Spencer Love". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  8. 1 2 Vincent, William Murray (2009). Historic Alamance County: An Illustrated History. San Antonio, TX: HPN Books. p. 50. ISBN   978-1-893619-98-2.
  9. ↑ Bolden, Don (2015-10-12). Glencoe Mill Village. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4396-5353-1.
  10. ↑ "James Spencer Love, Jr. '47 – Davidson College – In Memoriam". 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  11. ↑ "James S. Love, Jr. 1926-2014". jim.love.name. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  12. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths LOVE, JAMES SPENCER, JR". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  13. ↑ "Miss Jonsson Wed to Robert Love". The New York Times. 1970-08-30. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  14. ↑ Writer, Jim Schlosser Staff (2008-02-03). "Death of tycoon's son a mystery, as was he". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  15. ↑ "James Spencer Love, Divorce Sought". The Palm Beach Post. 1943-04-13. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  16. ↑ Florida Public Voter Records
  17. ↑ United States Public Records, North Carolina
  18. ↑ "Cornelia Love Obituary (1949 - 2020) - Durham, NC - The Herald Sun". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  19. ↑ "Lela Love". cardozo.yu.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  20. ↑ Arneke, David (2021-08-06). "$7.5 million and It's Yours: The 1937 J. Spencer Love House in Irving Park". Greensboro Historic Homes For Sale. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  21. ↑ Briggs, Benjamin (2016-05-13). "House With Distinguished Past Rounds Off Tour". Preservation Greensboro Incorporated. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
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