Fred Moore Truett

1899 - 1991  (92 years)

• Name	Fred Moore Truett
  Birth	31 Jul 1899	Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Nov 1991	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
  Burial	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I20839	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2001

  
  

  Father	Harvey Truett,   b. 18 May 1865   d. 25 Jan 1908 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Percie Ella McMurry,   b. 30 Dec 1872, Texas, USA d. 23 Apr 1946 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F7113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mayme Twichell
  Marriage	1925
  Children	1. Diane Truett
  Family ID	F7100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Fred Moore Truett graduated from Baylor University and did graduate work at Columbia University in New York City. He served as a 2nd Lt. during World War 1. He worked 53 years for the Southwestern Drug Company becoming preisent in 1945, and elected Chairman of the Board in 1970. He was Elected president of the National Wholesale Druggist Association in 1953, and received many awards recognizing his leadership in the pharmeceutical industry, and was long listed in Who's Who in America. His community service include the Hope Cancer Society, The Wadley Institute of Molecular Medicine, The Advisory Committee of the Dallas Public Health Board, the Community Chest, United Fund, and the Dallas Citizens Charter Association. Mr. Truett was a popular speaker and author. His book, "The Arithmetic of Sales Management" was published in 1967. In the 1980's he wrote a biography of his father-in-law, Willis Twichell, entitled "Texas Was His Land". He was married to Mayme Twichell for 66 years and had one daughter, Diane Truett who married Dr. A. D. Roberts.