John Sloan Jr.

Sloan was born in 1936. His grandfather Paul L Sloan was a co-founder of Cain-Sloan, a department store in Nashville.[1] His paternal great-great-grandfather, George Sloan, was a friend of President James K. Polk.[2]

Sloan graduated from Vanderbilt University and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University.[1] He served three active years as on officer (1959-1961) in the United States Navy.[1]

Sloan served as the vice president of the First American National Bank and as president of the Harpeth National Bank. He later served as president and chief executive officer of the First Tennessee Bank of Nashville.[1] He served on the board of directors of the First American Corporation and on the advisory board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.[1]

Sloan served as the president and chief executive officer of the National Federation of Independent Business from 1983 to 1991.[1] In his last year as CEO, Sloan moved the NFIB from California to Nashville. In September 1991, he hosted their international conference in Nashville, where he invited small business owners from Eastern Europe.[3]

Sloan married Delphine Oman in 1964. They had two sons and two daughters; John Elliott Sloan, Delphine Sloan Damon, John Oman Sloan and Katherine Sloan. They resided in Franklin, Tennessee at their farm Cloverdale.[1] Sloan competed in the Iroquois Steeplechase. He was a race judge for the Iroquois Steeplechase, was an avid horseman who rode regularly with the Hillsboro Hounds and he was a member of the Belle Meade Country Club.[1]

Sloan died of lung cancer in 1991 in Franklin. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.[1]

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