| 词条 | Ralph Ketner |
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| name = Ralph Ketner | image = | birth_name = Ralph Wright Ketner | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|9|20}} | birth_place = Rimertown, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|29|1920|9|20}} | death_place = Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S. | alma_mater = Tri-State College | occupation = Founder and Chairman-emeritus of Food Lion Philanthropist | children = 2 | spouse = {{Plainlist|
}} }} Ralph Wright Ketner (September 20, 1920 – May 29, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was known for being the founder of Food Lion (which was founded as Food Town) in 1957. Early lifeKetner was born in Rimertown, North Carolina on September 20, 1920 to parents George Robert Ketner and Effie Yost Ketner.[1][2][3] Ketner grew up selling newspapers and almanacs, all while learning what he called "street smarts".[3] At a young age, Ketner had an apparent aptitude for arithmetic, claiming he could "out add any adding machine."[3] As a teenager, Ketner worked at his brother Glen Ketner's grocery store located in Kannapolis, North Carolina.[3] In 1937, Ketner graduated from Boyden High School and went on to attend Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana as an accounting major.[3] He excelled in his accounting and business law classes, but ran out of money and kept dropping out of a required public speaking course.[3] Thanks to Toastmasters, he was eventually able to cope with his fear of public speaking.[3] Returning home after leaving Tri-State College, he worked at Cannon Mills as an accountant, eventually rising to the position of auditor.[3][11] After the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Ketner volunteered and joined the U.S. Army, serving in Africa and Europe for 36 months. Food Town/Food LionOn December 11, 1957, Ralph Ketner, Brown Ketner, and Wilson Smith co-founded the Food Town (later Food Lion) grocery store chain in Salisbury, North Carolina. Ketner served as President (later CEO, Chairman and Chairman Emeritus). Personal lifeKetner's first marriage was to Ruth Jones with whom he had two children: Linda Ketner of Charleston, South Carolina and Robert Ketner of Greensboro, North Carolina. His second marriage was to Anne Blizzard. Ketner's faith was important to him and he was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury for over 83 years.[4] Ketner died at a hospice center in Salisbury, North Carolina from complications of colon cancer, aged 95.[5] PhilanthropyAfter retiring from Food Lion, Ketner engaged in many philanthropic activities in areas ranging from higher education, to housing, homelessness, children and hunger relief. In 1989, he provided half the funds and raised the other half necessary to build Rowan Helping Ministries first building, which was competed in 1989. On Ketner's 94th birthday, he donated $94,000 to Rowan Helping Ministries. Awards and honorsTwo schools of business have been named in Ketner's honor: Ketner School of Business at Trine University, formerly Tri-State College and his alma mater; and Ketner School of Business at Catawba College, where he was Executive in Residence and provided free business consulting to students and the wider community.[6] In 1990, Ketner was inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame as a laureate.[7] In 1992, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, formerly known as the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, bestowed Ketner with the award for Distinguished Citizenship for his "work as an outstanding entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic volunteer."[8][9] In 2012, Ketner received the Wilson L. Smith Philanthropic Award from the Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation (now known as the Novant Health Foundation Rowan Medical Center).[10] Ketner received the Ally Award from the LGBTQ advocacy group, Salisbury Pride, in 2015[11] and was a long time supporter of Alliance for Full Acceptance in Charleston, South Carolina. In August of 2015, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, a 1978 graduate of Catawba College, honored Ketner by naming him the recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the state’s highest civilian honor. This took place at the premiere of Ketner's documentary “Lessons in Leadership,” which was "produced through a partnership between Food Lion and Catawba College, documents fully the business life and philosophy of Ketner, who once presided over the fastest-growing grocery company in America."[12][13] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/118/entry |title=North Carolina History Project: Ralph W. Ketner (1920–) |publisher=North Carolina History Project.com |accessdate=March 17, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918123811/http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/118/entry |archivedate=September 18, 2015 }} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.progressivegrocer.com/awards-events/events/food-lion-founder-ralph-ketner-turns-94?nopaging=1|title=Food Lion Founder Ralph Ketner Turns 94|publisher=Progressive Grocer.com|accessdate=March 17, 2016}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite web|url=http://newsroom.foodlion.com/video/lessons-leadership-story-food-lion-co-founder-ralph-w-ketner|title=Lessons in Leadership: The Story of Food Lion Co-Founder Ralph W. Ketner {{!}} Food Lion Newsroom|website=newsroom.foodlion.com|access-date=2016-06-08}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.salisburypost.com/2016/04/04/my-hearts-journey-rising-to-rehab-challenges/|title=My Heart's Journey: Rising to rehab challenges|date=April 4, 2016|publisher=Salisbury Post.com|accessdate=April 8, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ralph-ketner-who-helped-start-food-lion-grocery-chain-dies-at-95/2016/06/01/b529357c-2693-11e6-b989-4e5479715b54_story.html|title=Ralph Ketner, who helped start Food Lion grocery chain, dies at 95|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=November 21, 2016|date=June 1, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.salisburypost.com/2016/04/07/catawba-college-plants-a-ceed/|title=Catawba College Plans to 'CEED'|publisher=Salisbury Post.com|accessdate=April 8, 2016|date=April 7, 2016}} 7. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.historync.org/laureates.htm|title=North Carolina Business Hall of Fame Laureates|date=2006|website=North Carolina Business History|publisher=Junior Achievement of the Carolinas|access-date=June 8, 2016}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/ncpi/view/13042|title=Ralph Ketner Honored For Distinguished Citizenship – North Carolina Periodicals Index|website=digital.lib.ecu.edu|access-date=2016-06-08}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://ncchamber.net/about-us/award-recipients/|title=NC Chamber {{!}} Award Recipients|website=NC Chamber|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-08}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.novanthealth.org/home/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/newsid33987/1025/dr-and-mrs-chris-agner-receive-award-for-extraordinary-philanthropy-to-community-and-novant-health-rowan-medical-center.aspx|title=Press releases {{!}} Novant Health|website=www.novanthealth.org|access-date=2016-06-15}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.salisburypost.com/2015/05/13/salisbury-pride-creates-ally-award-to-honor-ralph-ketner/|title=Salisbury Pride creates Ally Award to honor Ralph Ketner – Salisbury Post|date=2015-05-13|website=Salisbury Post|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-20}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.salisburypost.com/2015/08/28/documentary-pays-tribute-to-leadership-lessons-taught-by-ralph-ketner/|title=Documentary pays tribute to leadership lessons taught by Ralph Ketner {{!}} Salisbury Post|website=www.salisburypost.com|access-date=2018-05-01}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://catawba.edu/academics/schools/business/majors-activities/business-economics/lessons-leadership/|title=Lessons in Leadership|website=catawba.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}} External links
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