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Name
  
Prentis Hale


Education
  
Stanford University

Prentis Cobb "Rusty" Hale III is smiling, has black hair, wearing white long sleeves, a green necktie under a black suit.

Died
  
February 11, 1996, San Francisco, California, United States

Prentis Cobb Hale (July 30, 1910 - February 11, 1996) was an American entrepreneur.

Contents

Prentis Cobb "Rusty" Hale III is serious, has black hair, wearing white long sleeves, a black necktie under a black suit.

Early life

Anna Wintour (left) is sitting down on a violet chair and seriously looking at Gavin Newsom (right), who has a glass of water in front with different kinds of foods on the plate and a violet flower on the table, she has blonde short hair, wearing a necklace and a gray dress with a spiral design under a white coat. In the middle is Denise Hale seriously looking at Anna Wintour (left) while hugging Gavin Newsom (right) with her both hands, has white short hair, wearing a black dress. Gavin Newsom (right) is sitting down on a violet chair, seriously looking at Anna Wintour, both hands holding Denise Hale’s hands, he has a glass of water and wine on the table, wearing a white long sleeve, under a black coat.

The son of Prentis Cobb Hale I, who with two brothers, founded Hale Brothers & Co. Inc., in Sacramento, California in 1881. Prentis Cobb Hale II earned a bachelor's degree in 1933 and an Ll.B. in 1936, both at Stanford University .

Career

Mark Pincus (left) sitting down on a black couch, smiling while looking at Denise Hale (right) has brown hair, wearing long sleeves and a black suit. Denise Hale (right) is sitting down on a black couch, has a lot of glasses on the table, smiling while looking down, has white hair, left palm up with a bracelet, wearing a necklace and black earrings, and a black dress.

In 1936, he began his business career as a stock clerk working in the basement of the family business, Hale Bros. Stores. By 1948, he was the company's president. Hale Bros. merged with Los Angeles based Broadway Department Stores to form Broadway-Hale Stores Inc. He served as Chairman of the new company from 1950 to 1972. Edward W. Carter (1911-1996) succeeded Hale in the post, followed by Philip M. Hawley. The company, later known as Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc., owned the Emporium, Weinstock's and The Broadway, as well as Neiman-Marcus.

A man (left) is smiling, and has white hair, wearing powder blue long sleeves, and a black bow tie under a black suit. 2nd from left is Denise Hale being serious, has white hair, her right hand holding a glass of champagne and a diamond ring, her left hand is on her chest with a silver bracelet, wearing silver earrings, a necklace, and a white suit. 3rd from left is a man smiling, his right hand holding a glass of wine, has black hair, wearing white long sleeves with buttons and a black bow tie under a black suit. 4th from left is a man smiling, hand on the shoulder of the man (right) wearing a black suit. On (right) is a man smiling, has black hair, wearing white long sleeves with buttons, a gray bow tie with a design of black flowers.

He was also a vice president of the Bank of America and a member of the Bohemian Club.

Personal life

A man (behind) is smiling, with no hair, wearing white long sleeves, and a black bow tie under a black suit. On (left) is a man being serious, looking down, has black and white hair, hands pointing to the woman, wearing white long sleeves under a black suit. In the middle is Denise Hale being serious, has white hair, both hands holding a silver purse, wearing silver earrings and a necklace, white a white turtle neck under a blue suit. On (right) is a woman smiling while looking at the man (left) who has short curly hair, wearing silver earrings, and a gray silk dress under a gray-black suit.

He had four children, Linda Hale Bucklin, Hamilton "Hap" Hale, Hilary Hale Spencer and Prentis Cobb "Rusty" Hale III, with his first wife, Marialice Pat King Hale, who was aware of the longstanding affair between her husband and the well-known Hollywood socialite Denise Minnelli and committed suicide in March 1969, hours after telling a close friend that she knew her 33-year marriage to the father of her children was over. In 1971, he married his mistress, Ms. Minnelli, who by now was the former wife of director Vincente Minnelli.


On (left) is a woman smiling, has brown hair, wearing blue and pearl earrings, a black and blue top, her right hand holding a fur coat, and a black and gray skirt. On (right) is Denise Hale smiling, has white hair, her left hand holding a silver-gold purse and a gold bracelet, diamond earrings, and wearing a black top under a black suit.

References

Prentis Cobb Hale Wikipedia
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