John W. McDougall Co., Inc.

John W. McDougall Co., Inc. was formed in 1938 by John W. McDougall, Sr. We are currently in our 81st year of business, and have gone through multiple transformations throughout our history.  John McDougall Sr. had to go to work at an early age. His father died when he was in high school and he had to work to support his mother. John and his twin brother, Wylie, dropped out of school and started performing manual labor jobs. John had many jobs throughout the years, but the ones that stood out were with the Illinois Central Railroad and later, with the Illinois Cement Company. John was a salesman for the railroad, with his specialty being the building products market. He traveled all over the East Coast, trying to entice product manufacturers to ship their material by rail. From that job, he developed a close relationship with the Illinois Cement Company, who eventually hired him to sell concrete all over the East Coast. John built his book of business on relationships and became an excellent salesman.