William R. Howell is Chairman Emeritus,

J.C. Penney Penney OpCo LLC , doing business as JCPenney (colloquially Penney's and abbreviated JCP) is an American department store chain with 649 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. It is managed as part of the Catalyst Brands portfolio alongs ...

Company, Inc. Holds bachelor of business administration degree. Joined J.C. Penney, a department store and catalog chain, in 1958. Held a variety of management positions. Elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1983. Howell served as the chairman of the

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board of trustees from 1996 to 2000 shortly before retiring as Chairman of the Board of J.C. Penney in 1997. Director,

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, Inc.;

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Co.;

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, Inc.;

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, Inc.; Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, non-public wholly owned subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG.

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