Edgar Uihlein | |
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Born | October 28, 1916 |
Died | May 19, 2005 (aged 88)
Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S. |
Education |
Hotchkiss School Princeton University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder of General Binding Corporation |
Spouse |
Lucia Ellis (
m. 1941) |
Children | 5, including Richard Uihlein |
Edgar John Uihlein Jr. (October 28, 1916 – May 19, 2005) [1] was an American businessman and the co-founder of General Binding Corporation.
Uihlein was the son of Edgar John Uihlein Sr. (1877–1956) of Lake Bluff, Illinois, who was a vice-president and director of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, and Paula Huck, daughter of Chicago beer baron L.C. Huck and granddaughter of beer baron John Huck. [2]
He was educated at Hotchkiss School and Princeton University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in modern languages in 1940. [3]
In 1940, he obtained a commission in the US Navy, rising to lieutenant commander, and becoming chief flight instructor at Glenview Naval Air Station. [3]
In 1947, Uihlein and a Navy friend, Bill Lane, founded General Binding Corporation. [3]
In 1941, he married Lucia Ellis, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Washington, D.C. [4] She was the daughter of Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis. [5] They had three sons, Richard, Edgar III and Stephen, and two daughters, Lucia and Sally. [3] [4]
Uihlein died at his home in Lake Bluff, a Chicago suburb, on May 19, 2005, aged 88. [3] [6]
Edgar Uihlein | |
---|---|
Born | October 28, 1916 |
Died | May 19, 2005 (aged 88)
Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S. |
Education |
Hotchkiss School Princeton University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Co-founder of General Binding Corporation |
Spouse |
Lucia Ellis (
m. 1941) |
Children | 5, including Richard Uihlein |
Edgar John Uihlein Jr. (October 28, 1916 – May 19, 2005) [1] was an American businessman and the co-founder of General Binding Corporation.
Uihlein was the son of Edgar John Uihlein Sr. (1877–1956) of Lake Bluff, Illinois, who was a vice-president and director of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, and Paula Huck, daughter of Chicago beer baron L.C. Huck and granddaughter of beer baron John Huck. [2]
He was educated at Hotchkiss School and Princeton University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in modern languages in 1940. [3]
In 1940, he obtained a commission in the US Navy, rising to lieutenant commander, and becoming chief flight instructor at Glenview Naval Air Station. [3]
In 1947, Uihlein and a Navy friend, Bill Lane, founded General Binding Corporation. [3]
In 1941, he married Lucia Ellis, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Washington, D.C. [4] She was the daughter of Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis. [5] They had three sons, Richard, Edgar III and Stephen, and two daughters, Lucia and Sally. [3] [4]
Uihlein died at his home in Lake Bluff, a Chicago suburb, on May 19, 2005, aged 88. [3] [6]