James Spencer Love , also known as J. Spencer Love (July 6, 1896 - January 20, 1962), was an American industrialist, textile manufacturer and president of chairman of Burlington Industries , the largest textile company worldwide with assets of nearly $607 million and over 62,000 employees in 1962.[ 1] Elon University bears his name.[ 2]
Early life and education
Love was born July 6, 1896, in Cambridge, Massachusetts to James Lee Love and June (née Spencer) Love.[ 3] Gastonia, North Carolina and was co-owner of the Gastonia Cotton Manufacturing Company founded in 1887.[ 4] University of North Carolina ; his maternal grandfather being Professor James Munroe Spencer and his grandmother was Cornelia Phillips Spencer . Love attended the Cambridge Latin School , received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in three years and continued to attend Harvard Business School for another year.[ 5] [ 6]
Career
Love founded Burlington Industries in 1923.
Personal life
Love married Sara Elizabeth Love on January 22, 1922, in Davie, North Carolina . They had four sons;
James Spencer Love, Jr. (born 1926)[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Robert Lee Love[ 10]
Richard Love[ 11]
Julian Love They separated in 1939 and were officially divorced in 1940.[ 12] Cleveland, North Carolina . He had four more children together;
Charles Eskridge Love (born 1945)[ 13]
Martin Eskridge Love (born 1947)[ 14]
Cornelia Spencer Love (1949-2020)[ 15]
Lela Porter Love (born 1955)[ 16]
Death
Love died on January 20, 1962, in Palm Beach, Florida aged 65. He previously was a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina .[ 17] [ 18] Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro, North Carolina .[citation needed
Literature
References
^ "Love, James Spencer | NCpedia" . www.ncpedia.org . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ "About the Loves" . Elon University . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ "Love, James Lee, 1860-1950 - Social Networks and Archival Context" . snaccooperative.org . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ James Spencer Love (1896-1962)
https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/james-spencer-love-1896-1962/
^ "NC Business Hall of Fame -- James S. Spencer" . www.historync.org . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ disputes, Founder of Burlington Mills (now Burlington Industries) He dispatched Ed Zane to work full time at resolving the sit-in (2017-01-25). "J. Spencer Love" . Greensboro News and Record . Retrieved 2023-06-04 . ^ "James Spencer Love, Jr. '47 – Davidson College – In Memoriam" . 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ "James S. Love, Jr. 1926-2014" . jim.love.name . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ "Paid Notice: Deaths LOVE, JAMES SPENCER, JR" . query.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ "Miss Jonsson Wed to Robert Love" . The New York Times . 1970-08-30. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ Writer, Jim Schlosser Staff (2008-02-03). "Death of tycoon's son a mystery, as was he" . Greensboro News and Record . Retrieved 2023-06-04 . ^ "James Spencer Love, Divorce Sought" . The Palm Beach Post . 1943-04-13. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ Florida Public Voter Records
^ United States Public Records, North Carolina
^ "Cornelia Love Obituary (1949 - 2020) - Durham, NC - The Herald Sun" . Legacy.com . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ "Lela Love" . cardozo.yu.edu . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .^ Arneke, David (2021-08-06). "$7.5 million and It's Yours: The 1937 J. Spencer Love House in Irving Park" . Greensboro Historic Homes For Sale . Retrieved 2023-06-04 . ^ Briggs, Benjamin (2016-05-13). "House With Distinguished Past Rounds Off Tour" . Preservation Greensboro Incorporated . Retrieved 2023-06-04 . 
