Adolph Catlin (A.C.) Cade, Jr., 1904-1993

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Title

Adolph Catlin (A.C.) Cade, Jr., 1904-1993

Subject

Businessmen

Description

Adolph Catlin Cade Jr.(born 1904) was president of the Allen & Jemison Company, retiring from that company in 1968. Cade had joined the company in 1926 as an order clerk, held various posts before becoming president of the company after his father's death in 1955.

When Cade retired, his son, A.C. Cade III, became president of the firm, becoming the third A.C. Cade in succession to serve as president of Allen and Jemison.

Active in civic affairs in Tuscaloosa, Cade was elected president of the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce in 1959. Cade helped in founding Downtown Tuscaloosa Unlimited, Inc., a merchants group seeking to improve the downtown area. He was the organization's first president and headed it for two terms.

Source

Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama

Contributor

Betty Slowe (Description)

Type

Photograph

Identifier

726

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

8 inches x 10 inches