A director's viewpoint: An interview with Peter G. Scotese

Abstract

Peter G. Scotese, now chairman of the executive committee of Springs Industries, learned about planning chiefly by doing it. Successively a salesman, sales manager, and general manager early in his career, he got actively into planning in the 1960s, when he became the chief executive officer of the Boston Store division of Federated Department Stores in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1969, he joined Springs Mills, now Springs Industries, as the first non‐family president in the company's history. In the mid‐1970s, he became vice‐chairman and chief executive officer. When he retired from active management in April 1982, he had become a confirmed and practiced planner, and he conducted a thorough search for his successor, Walter Y. Elisha. After Scotese's 12 years with the firm, Springs' sales had tripled and earnings from continuing operations had quadrupled. Among the other companies on whose boards he sits today, are Bell & Howell, Armstrong Rubber, National Distillers, and the Dry Dock Savings Bank.

Citation

Klemmer, R.J. and McLaughlin, C. (1983), "A director's viewpoint: An interview with Peter G. Scotese", Planning Review, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054025