:John W. A. "Doc" Buyers
{{Short description|American businessman (1928–2006)}}
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| birth_name = John William Amerman Buyers
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|07|17}}
| birth_place = Coatesville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|05|20|1928|07|17}}
| death_place = Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater = Princeton University
| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Lindsey|1999}}{{Cite news | url = http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/08/04/features/donnelly.html | title = Hawaii | date = August 4, 1999 | work = Honolulu Star-Bulletin | first = Dave | last = Donnelly | access-date = June 12, 2019}}{{Cite web | url = http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/21/news/story03.html | title = C. Brewer Chief Saw Beyond Sugar: He spearheaded the move toward diversified agriculture | date = May 21, 2006 | work = Honolulu Star-Bulletin | access-date = June 12, 2019 | archive-date = June 3, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080603114405/http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/21/news/story03.html | url-status = dead }}
| other_names = Doc Buyers
| occupation = Businessman
| education = The Stony Brook School
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John William Amerman "Doc" Buyers (July 17, 1928 – May 20, 2006) was an American businessman. He was best known as the chair and chief executive officer of the Hawaii company C. Brewer & Co. Buyers was a 1952 graduate of Princeton University.
Background
Buyers was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, the youngest of five children. In 1946, he graduated from The Stony Brook School on Long Island. As a Princeton Tiger football player, he received from his teammates the nickname "Doc," after West Point's Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard.
Career
Buyers came to Hawaii in 1975 as an executive with IU International Corporation. He was sent to head C. Brewer, a Hawaii-based company in which IU had acquired a majority stake. In 1986, Buyers organized a leveraged buyout of C. Brewer and became chairman and CEO of the newly independent company. Buyers would continue as head of the company until its dissolution in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/21/news/story03.html |title=C. Brewer Chief Saw Beyond Sugar: He spearheaded the move toward diversified agriculture |date=May 21, 2006 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |access-date=September 9, 2006 |archive-date=June 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603114405/http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/21/news/story03.html |url-status=dead }} In 1996, Buyers announced plans to relocate the company's headquarters to Hilo in 1998.{{cite web |url= http://starbulletin.com/96/08/14/business/story1.html |title= C. Brewer plans to move to Hilo: The company will relocate its headquarters in 1998 |author= Rick Daysog |work= Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=August 14, 1996 }}