resting_place death_place death_date successor birth_place religion children birth_date known_for alma_mater spouse article_title name occupation death_cause
roselawn memorial park , little rock , arkansas little rock , arkansas 08 february 2002 william t. dillard ii mineral springs , arkansas episcopalian 5 02 september 1914 founder of dillard 's university of arkansas ; columbia university alexa latimer -lrb- m. june 9 , 1940 -rrb- william t. dillard
 william thomas dillard president 1938 & ndash ; 1998 -rrb- , chairman & ceo at dillard 's -lrb- heart failure
william t. dillard

william thomas dillard -lrb- september 2 , 1914 -- february 8 , 2002 -rrb- was an american businessman .
he was the founder of the dillard 's department stores chain .
