Lee Bickmore
{{Short description|American businessman}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lee Bickmore
| birth_name = Lee Smith Bickmore
| birth_date = 1908
| birth_place = Paradise, Utah, U.S.
| death_date = 1986 (aged 78)
| death_place = Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.
| education = Utah State University (BS)
| known_for = CEO of Nabisco
| children = 2
}}
Lee Smith Bickmore (1908 – 1986) was an American businessman who was the CEO of Nabisco. Bickmore was also an active figure in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York and New Jersey.
Early life and education
Bickmore was born in Paradise, Utah. He graduated from Utah State University and completed the advanced management program at Harvard Business School.{{Cite news|date=1986-06-12|title=Obituary for Lee S. Bickmore (Aged 78)|pages=15|work=The Item of Millburn and Short Hills|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37672249/obituary-for-lee-s-bickmore-aged-78/|access-date=2021-01-10}}
Career
Bickmore began his employment with Nabisco as a salesman in Pocatello, Idaho. For many years, while serving as an executive, he lived in Short Hills, New Jersey. He was living in Vero Beach, Florida at the time of his death.
Bickmore was CEO of Nabisco when Nabisco introduced the Chips Ahoy cookie.
Bickmore was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{Cite web|title=Special Consultant to First Presidency Appointed|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1972/12/news-of-the-church/special-consultant-to-first-presidency-appointed?lang=eng|access-date=2021-01-10|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}} After being president of Nabisco, he served for a time as special consultant to the First Presidency for business operations, finances, buildings, communication and other related matters. Prior to this point, Bickmore had held several positions in the LDS Church in New York and New Jersey in the Sunday School and Young Men, and served as a member of the New York New York Stake high council. Bickmore was a trustee of Brandeis University and Pace University.{{Cite news|last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|date=1986-06-12|title=LEE BICKMORE, EX-CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY (Published 1986)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/12/obituaries/lee-bickmore-ex-chairman-of-national-biscuit-company.html|access-date=2021-01-10|issn=0362-4331}}
In the 1960s Bickmore served as an associate to Brigham Young University's fundraising campaign.Ernest L. Wilkins and Leonard J. Arrington, ed., Brigham Young University: The First 100 Years (Provo: BYU Press, 1975) Vol. 3, p. 579.
Personal life
Bickmore and his wife, Ellen McMinn Bickmor, had two daughters. Bickmore died in Vero Beach, Florida in 1986. He was previously a resident of Short Hills, New Jersey.{{Cite news|date=1986-06-12|title=Obituary for Lee S. Bickmore (Aged 78)|pages=15|work=The Item of Millburn and Short Hills|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37672249/obituary-for-lee-s-bickmore-aged-78/|access-date=2021-01-10}}
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Category:People from Cache County, Utah
Category:University of Utah alumni
Category:Harvard Business School alumni
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