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Walgreen, grandson of Charles Walgreen Sr., who founded the Walgreens drugstore chain in 1901, began his career with the company as a stock boy in 1952. [1] [2] He earned a pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan in 1958 and returned to Walgreens, rising through the ranks to become president in 1969, CEO in 1971, and chairman in 1976.
His son Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (March 4, 1906 – February 10, 2007) and grandson Charles R. Walgreen III both shared his name and played prominent roles in the company he founded. His daughter, Ruth Walgreen, married Justin Whitlock Dart, who left the Walgreens company after they divorced and went on to control the rival Rexall Drug ...
Walgreens. Walgreen Company is an American company that operates the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States, behind CVS Health. [ 3 ] It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information, and photo services. [ 4 ] It was founded in Chicago in 1901, and is headquartered in the Chicago suburb ...
Father. Charles Rudolph Walgreen. Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (March 4, 1906 – February 10, 2007) was an American businessman who was the president of Walgreens from 1939 until 1963 and the chairman of the board from 1963 until 1976.
Other notable graduates of the U-M College of Pharmacy include Josiah K. Lilly Jr., grandson of the founder of the Eli Lilly Company; John Gideon Searle, grandson of the founder of G. D. Searle; Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., and Charles R. Walgreen III, son and grandson of the founder of the Walgreens chain of drugstores; Gregory Peck, Sr., father of the actor, and Tiffany Porter, track and ...
Dart came from a wealthy Chicago family. His father, Justin Whitlock Dart Sr., was president of Dart Industries. His mother Ruth Walgreen Dart was the daughter of Walgreens founder Charles R. Walgreen and his wife Myrtle Walgreen. Justin's brother Peter Dart also developed polio. [2] Dart contracted polio in 1948 before entering the University of Houston, where he earned undergraduate degrees ...
Her father worked for the Chicago-based Walgreen Co., the largest drugstore chain in the United States, for 41 years from 1928 to 1969, and served as its president from 1963 to 1969, succeeding Charles R. Walgreen Jr. and succeeded by Charles R. Walgreen III. [1]
Richard H. Thaler (/ ˈθeɪlər /; [1] born September 12, 1945) is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.