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Published Date: June 11, 1999
Company Name: Southwestern Company
Address: 2451 Atrium Way
Nashville, TN 37214
Main Telephone
Number: 615/391-2700
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.southwestern.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Ralph Mosley
Chief Financial
Officer: Bob Sircy, V.P. of Finance
Public Relations
Contact: Trey Campbell, Promotions Coordinator
Business number: 615/391-2801
e-mail address: trey.campbell@southwestern.com
Industry: Direct Selling, Publishing
Company description: Established in 1855 in Nashville Nashville, city (1990 pop. 487,969), state capital, coextensive with Davidson co., central Tenn., on the Cumberland River, in a fertile farm area; inc. as a city 1806, merged with Davidson co. 1963. , Southwestern is among the oldest publishing and direct sales book companies in the nation. In 1868, company founder, Rev. J. R. Graves, observing that most returning soldiers and young men, lives ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. by the Civil War, had no means of financing a college education. Through his publishing company, he began giving these young men the opportunity to finance their education through selling books in the summer, attaining a sense of personal growth in the process. Today, 131 years later, the mission of developing character and leadership in young men and women is as strong as ever. Several thousand students from hundreds of colleges and universities across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). will sell
books this summer in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of and Europe. Since
Southwestern is a private company, all inquiries will have to be
directed to Bob Sircy, V.P. of Finance.
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