Macy's names new President for Home store division
17 Jul '07
3 min read
Harper joined The May Department Stores Company at its Kaufmann's division in 1983. He held numerous accounting, strategic planning, and financial positions at the Kaufmann's, L.S. Ayres, and Famous-Barr divisions prior to joining Hecht's as vice president and controller in 1993.
Harper received a degree in communications and political science and an MBA in finance - both from the University of Pittsburgh. A native of Pittsburgh, Harper and his wife, Janet, have two children. He will be relocating to New York.
Osborn, 59, joined Macy's Home Store in August 2005 after serving as president and chief operating officer of San Francisco-based Macy's West since 2002. He began his retailing career in the data processing area at Bullock's, then a division of Federated, in 1974.
He became vice president of operations for Bullock's in 1984 and in 1989 moved to Burdines as senior vice president of operations. In 1993, Osborn was named executive vice president of administration at Stern's, then a separate division of Federated. He was named president and chief operating officer of Burdines in 1994 and president of Macy's West in June 2002.
Osborn is a Southern California native and graduate of California State University with a degree in economics.
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