Ron Ziegler
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Former National Association of Chain Drug Stores CEO Ronald Ziegler died of a heart attack Feb. 10 at the age of 63. Ziegler served as head of NACDS from January 1988 until February 1999, when he left the association for health reasons (1"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 15, 1999, p. 24). Under his leadership, NACDS quadrupled in size from $7 mil. in revenues and 25 staffers to over $28 mil. in revenues and 95 employees by the end of his tenure. Ziegler, who was living in Coronado, Calif. at the time of his death, is survived by his wife Nancy, his mother and two daughters...
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