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While in college in 1927, he began his career in the grocery industry as a clerk at a local Safeway grocery store. On the final day of 1929, he married his college classmate Kathryn McCurry, of Boise, Idaho.<ref name=gmgdie/> They had one daughter, Barbara Jean Albertson Newman (1933–2012). Albertson quickly moved through the ranks with Safeway, until he was supervising more than 17 stores. But he was not satisfied and wanted to start his own store
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'''Joseph Albert Albertson''' (October 17, 1906 – January 20, 1993) was an American businessman, the founder of the [[Albertsons (SuperValu)|Albertsons]] chain of grocery stores and a noted [[philanthropist]].<ref name=gmgdie>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-jIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=01kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3488674 |newspaper=Victoria Advocate |location=Texas |agency=Associated Press |title=Grocery magnate dies |date=January 22, 1993 |page=8B }}</ref><ref name=solfg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wbROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=avwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7002%2C752681 |newspaper=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=''New York Times'' |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |title=Albertson's supermarket chain owner dead at age 86 |date=January 22, 1993 |page=4B }}</ref>
'''Joseph Albert Albertson''' (October 17, 1906 – January 20, 1993) was an American businessman who founded the [[Albertsons (SuperValu)|Albertsons]] chain of grocery stores in the United States.<ref name=gmgdie>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-jIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=01kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7004%2C3488674 |newspaper=Victoria Advocate |location=Texas |agency=Associated Press |title=Grocery magnate dies |date=January 22, 1993 |page=8B }}</ref><ref name=solfg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wbROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=avwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7002%2C752681 |newspaper=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=New York Times |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |title=Albertson's supermarket chain owner dead at age 86 |date=January 22, 1993 |page=4B }}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Yukon, Oklahoma|Yukon]], [[Oklahoma Territory]], Albertson was one of four sons born to Rhoda and Earl Albertson. In 1909, before he was three, the family moved west to [[Caldwell, Idaho|Caldwell]], [[Idaho]].<ref name=gmgdie/>
Born in [[Yukon, Oklahoma|Yukon]], [[Oklahoma Territory]], Albertson was one of four sons born to Rhoda and Earl Albertson. In 1909, before he was three, the family moved west to [[Caldwell, Idaho|Caldwell]], [[Idaho]].<ref name=gmgdie/>


After graduation from [[Caldwell High School (Caldwell, Idaho)|Caldwell High School]] in 1925, Albertson studied business for two years at the [[College of Idaho]] in Caldwell.
After graduation from [[Caldwell High School (Caldwell, Idaho)|Caldwell High School]] in 1925, Albertson studied business for two years at the [[College of Idaho]] in Caldwell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Albertson |url=http://idhalloffame.weebly.com/joe-albertson.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Idaho's Hall of Fame}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
While in college in 1927, he began his career in the grocery industry as a clerk at a local [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] grocery store. On the final day of 1929, he married his college classmate [[Kathryn Albertson|Kathryn McCurry]], of [[Boise, Idaho]].<ref name=gmgdie/> They had one daughter, Barbara Jean Albertson Newman (1933–2012).
While in college in 1927, he began his career in the grocery industry as a clerk at a local [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]] grocery store. On the final day of 1929, he married his college classmate [[Kathryn Albertson|Kathryn McCurry]], of [[Boise, Idaho]].<ref name=gmgdie/> They had one daughter, Barbara Jean Albertson Newman (1933–2012).


Albertson quickly moved through the ranks with Safeway, until he was supervising more than a dozen stores. But he was not satisfied and wanted to start his own store—one that he could build to his own specifications and manage his own way. With $5,000 of the money he and Kathryn had saved, and with $7,500 borrowed from his wife's aunt, Albertson formed a partnership with [[Skaggs family|L.S. Skaggs]], a former Safeway division manager, and [[Tom Cuthbert]], Skaggs' accountant. At the age of thirty-two, Albertson opened his first store in 1939 on three principles: quality, good value, and excellent service. Albertson is credited as being one of the pioneers of the complete one-stop, self-service supermarket concept.
Albertson quickly moved through the ranks with Safeway, until he was supervising more than a dozen stores. But he was not satisfied and wanted to start his store — one that he could build to his specifications and manage his way. With $5,000 of the money he and Kathryn had saved, and with $7,500 borrowed from his wife's aunt, Albertson formed a partnership with [[Skaggs family|L.S. Skaggs]], a former Safeway division manager, and [[Tom Cuthbert]], Skaggs' accountant. Albertson opened his first grocery store in 1939 at Sixteenth and State Streets in Boise. The store was known for the introduction of fully automated services used in grocery stores.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Production |first=Advertising |date=2020-05-23 |title=Mr. Joe Albertson: The most famous person from Yukon |url=https://yukonprogressnews.com/2020/05/23/mr-joe-albertson-the-most-famous-person-from-yukon/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Yukon Progress |language=en-US}}</ref>


The first store was located at Sixteenth and State Streets in Boise, and he opened his second and third Albertsons stores in [[Nampa, Idaho|Nampa]] and Caldwell in 1940. During the years of [[World War II]], when food was being rationed, he filled the empty shelves with health and beauty products, general household goods, and other non-food items. Albertson's reputation for generosity and community involvement grew during those war years. His stores promoted [[war bonds]] and sponsored scrap drives that collected [[aluminum]], [[steel]], fats, and [[paper]] for [[recycling]].
Albertson opened his second and third Albertsons stores in [[Nampa, Idaho|Nampa]] and Caldwell in 1940. During the years of [[World War II]], when food was being rationed, he filled the empty shelves with health and beauty products, general household goods, and other non-food items. His stores promoted [[war bonds]] and sponsored scrap drives that collected [[aluminum]], [[steel]], fats, and [[paper]] for [[recycling]].<ref name=":0" />


During the 1950s and 1960s, Albertson's expanded and became a familiar name to shoppers throughout the western United States. It grew to be a chain of over six hundred stores.<ref>{{findagrave|grid=6664510|name=Joseph Albert Albertson|accessdate=September 25, 2012}}</ref> At age 70, he stepped down as chairman of the board in 1976.<ref name=jastp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sk9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5vgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5799%2C1379506 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Joe Albertson steps down |date=December 7, 1976 |page=6}}</ref>
During the 1950s and 1960s, Albertson's expanded to be a chain of over 600 stores. At age 70, Albertson stepped down as chairman of the board in 1976.<ref name=jastp>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sk9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5vgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5799%2C1379506 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Joe Albertson steps down |date=December 7, 1976 |page=6}}</ref>

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Albertson's generosity continued throughout the years. The [[College of Idaho]] received many donations from Joe and Kathryn. It was named Albertson College of Idaho for sixteen years from 1991 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nndb.com/people/557/000179020/|title= Joseph A. Albertson|publisher= NNDB |accessdate= September 25, 2012}}</ref> Perhaps the most obvious gift to the citizens of Idaho is the {{convert|41|acre|adj=on}} Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise,<ref name=donld>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cQhMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5923%2C327463 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Joe Albertson donates land |date=December 17, 1979 |page=29 }}</ref><ref name=offdev>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=10JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6858%2C1552994 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=wire reports |title=Albertson offers to develop park |date=August 11, 1988 |page=B6 }}</ref><ref name=ijadnap>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZQrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3845%2C2143951 |newspaper=Idahonian |location=Moscow |title=It's Joe Albertson's donation: a park |date=October 18, 1989 |page=5A }}</ref> with its winding walkways, wildflowers, trees and ponds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofboise.org/parks/parks_facilities/parks/index.aspx?id%3Dka_park_facts |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-11-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625230231/http://www.cityofboise.org/parks/parks_facilities/parks/index.aspx?id=ka_park_facts |archivedate=2006-06-25 }}</ref>


==J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation==
==J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation==
In 1966, Joe and Kathryn established the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation as a way to administer their own charitable giving.<ref>http://jkaf.org</ref> They focused their giving primarily on education, which was important to Joe and Kathryn because neither was able to finish college during the [[Great Depression]]. Since then, the foundation has given more than $240 million to Idaho's communities and education systems. The foundation continues to give to charities, primarily in areas where Joe and Kathryn lived or worked in Idaho.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jkaf.org/the-foundation/biographies/|title= Kathryn Albertson
In 1966, Joe and Kathryn established the [http://www.jkaf.org/ J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation] as a way to administer their charitable giving.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jkaf.org/ |title=Home |website=jkaf.org}}</ref> They began focusing their giving primarily on education, which was important to Joe and Kathryn because neither was able to finish college during the [[Great Depression]]. Since then, the foundation has given more than $750 million to Idaho's communities. The foundation continues to give in areas where Joe and Kathryn lived or worked in Idaho. They are committed to accelerating opportunities in Idaho and focus on initiative work that is related to learning, leadership, and community.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jkaf.org/the-foundation/biographies/|title= Kathryn Albertson|publisher= J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation|accessdate= September 25, 2012|archive-date= August 7, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120807112240/http://www.jkaf.org/the-foundation/biographies/|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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Albertson donated over $72 million to the [[College of Idaho]]. For their gratitude, the college changed its name to the Albertson College of Idaho from 1991 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph A. Albertson |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/557/000179020/ |accessdate=September 25, 2012 |publisher=NNDB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Albertson College of Idaho gets millions, changes name {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/oct/12/albertson-college-of-idaho-gets-millions-changes/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref> Perhaps the most obvious gift to the citizens of Idaho is the {{convert|41|acre|adj=on}} Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise,<ref name="donld">{{cite news |date=December 17, 1979 |title=Joe Albertson donates land |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cQhMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5923%2C327463 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |page=29 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="offdev">{{cite news |date=August 11, 1988 |title=Albertson offers to develop park |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=10JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6858%2C1552994 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington |page=B6 |agency=wire reports}}</ref><ref name="ijadnap">{{cite news |date=October 18, 1989 |title=It's Joe Albertson's donation: a park |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZQrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3845%2C2143951 |newspaper=Idahonian |location=Moscow |page=5A}}</ref> with its winding walkways, wildflowers, trees and ponds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.cityofboise.org/parks/parks_facilities/parks/index.aspx?id%3Dka_park_facts |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060625230231/http://www.cityofboise.org/parks/parks_facilities/parks/index.aspx?id=ka_park_facts |archivedate=2006-06-25 |accessdate=2006-11-10}}</ref>


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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091220021536/http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/aboutaci/default.asp?ID=about The College of Idaho] - a brief history from its official website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091220021536/http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/aboutaci/default.asp?ID=about The College of Idaho] - a brief history from its official website
*[http://www.jkaf.org/the-foundation/biographies/ J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation]
*[http://www.jkaf.org/the-foundation/biographies/ J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807112240/http://www.jkaf.org/the-foundation/biographies/ |date=2012-08-07 }}
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Joe Albertson
Born
Joseph Albert Albertson

(1906-10-17)October 17, 1906
Yukon, Oklahoma Territory
DiedJanuary 20, 1993(1993-01-20) (aged 86)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Resting placeMorris Hill Cemetery
Boise, Idaho
EducationCollege of Idaho
OccupationAlbertsons grocery stores
Known forFounder of the Albertsons supermarket chain and philanthropist
Political partyGOP (Republican)
Spouse
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(m. 1930⁠–⁠1993)​
Children1

Joseph Albert Albertson (October 17, 1906 – January 20, 1993) was an American businessman who founded the Albertsons chain of grocery stores in the United States.[1][2]

Early life

Born in Yukon, Oklahoma Territory, Albertson was one of four sons born to Rhoda and Earl Albertson. In 1909, before he was three, the family moved west to Caldwell, Idaho.[1]

After graduation from Caldwell High School in 1925, Albertson studied business for two years at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.[3]

Career

While in college in 1927, he began his career in the grocery industry as a clerk at a local Safeway grocery store. On the final day of 1929, he married his college classmate Kathryn McCurry, of Boise, Idaho.[1] They had one daughter, Barbara Jean Albertson Newman (1933–2012).

Albertson quickly moved through the ranks with Safeway, until he was supervising more than a dozen stores. But he was not satisfied and wanted to start his store — one that he could build to his specifications and manage his way. With $5,000 of the money he and Kathryn had saved, and with $7,500 borrowed from his wife's aunt, Albertson formed a partnership with L.S. Skaggs, a former Safeway division manager, and Tom Cuthbert, Skaggs' accountant. Albertson opened his first grocery store in 1939 at Sixteenth and State Streets in Boise. The store was known for the introduction of fully automated services used in grocery stores.[4]

Albertson opened his second and third Albertsons stores in Nampa and Caldwell in 1940. During the years of World War II, when food was being rationed, he filled the empty shelves with health and beauty products, general household goods, and other non-food items. His stores promoted war bonds and sponsored scrap drives that collected aluminum, steel, fats, and paper for recycling.[4]

During the 1950s and 1960s, Albertson's expanded to be a chain of over 600 stores. At age 70, Albertson stepped down as chairman of the board in 1976.[5]

J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation

In 1966, Joe and Kathryn established the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation as a way to administer their charitable giving.[6] They began focusing their giving primarily on education, which was important to Joe and Kathryn because neither was able to finish college during the Great Depression. Since then, the foundation has given more than $750 million to Idaho's communities. The foundation continues to give in areas where Joe and Kathryn lived or worked in Idaho. They are committed to accelerating opportunities in Idaho and focus on initiative work that is related to learning, leadership, and community.[7]

Albertson donated over $72 million to the College of Idaho. For their gratitude, the college changed its name to the Albertson College of Idaho from 1991 to 2007.[8][9] Perhaps the most obvious gift to the citizens of Idaho is the 41-acre (17 ha) Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise,[10][11][12] with its winding walkways, wildflowers, trees and ponds.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Grocery magnate dies". Victoria Advocate. Texas. Associated Press. January 22, 1993. p. 8B.
  2. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (January 22, 1993). "Albertson's supermarket chain owner dead at age 86". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. New York Times. p. 4B.
  3. ^ "Joe Albertson". Idaho's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  4. ^ a b Production, Advertising (2020-05-23). "Mr. Joe Albertson: The most famous person from Yukon". Yukon Progress. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  5. ^ "Joe Albertson steps down". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. December 7, 1976. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Home". jkaf.org.
  7. ^ "Kathryn Albertson". J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  8. ^ "Joseph A. Albertson". NNDB. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  9. ^ "Albertson College of Idaho gets millions, changes name | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  10. ^ "Joe Albertson donates land". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. December 17, 1979. p. 29.
  11. ^ "Albertson offers to develop park". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. wire reports. August 11, 1988. p. B6.
  12. ^ "It's Joe Albertson's donation: a park". Idahonian. Moscow. October 18, 1989. p. 5A.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-25. Retrieved 2006-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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