OBITUARY: JOHN CURRIER, FORMER ARROW CHIEF.

From: Daily News Record | Date: August 2, 2004 | Copyright information

NEW YORK -- John Currier, the man credited with dragging old-line The Arrow Co. into the 20th century, died of heart failure July 21 at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Conn. He was 83.

A memorial service in Currier's memory was held last Thursday at Round Hill Community Church in his hometown of Greenwich.

Currier joined Cluett, Peabody & Co. as president of its women's division after six years as president of Formfit Rogers during which he restored the women's innerwear manufacturer to profitability. In 1976 he was named president of Cluett's Arrow unit and, in nearly ...

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