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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.
By 1927, Walgreen had established 110 stores. 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 ...
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 ...
Biography. 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 ...
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) is an American multinational holding company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, [2] which owns the retail pharmacy chains Walgreens in the US and Boots in the UK, as well as several pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution companies. The company was formed on December 31, 2014, after Walgreens bought ...
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. was serving as the national vice-president (Grand Epiprytanis) of TKE at the time Walgreen Jr. assumed the role of president of Walgreens upon his father's death in 1939. As a result of the increased business pressures, Walgreen resigned in 1943 from his office in TKE, and Williams was elevated to the position ...
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Cunningham Drug. Cunningham Drug was a drugstore chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in October 1889 by Andrew Cunningham, the chain operated primarily within the state of Michigan, and was once the largest drugstore chain in the state. Its Michigan locations were closed and reopened in 1982 as Apex Drug, and were later sold to Perry Drug ...