Alexander Grass was an American businessman and lawyer who founded Rite Aid, one of the United States' largest drugstore chains.
19 Facts About Alex Grass
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Alex Grass' family relocated from Scranton to Miami Beach, Florida in 1936 after his father's death.
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Alex Grass worked a number of small jobs while living in Florida.
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Alex Grass met his wife, Lois Lehrman, while in Florida and the couple married six months later.
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Alex Grass moved back to Pennsylvania to pursue a legal career in tax law with the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies.
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Alex Grass took a position with the Pennsylvania state Department of Revenue.
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Alex Grass became a businessman during the early 1950s partially due to his marriage into his wife's Harrisburg, Pennsylvania based Lehrman family.
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Alex Grass saw several opportunities for retail opportunities in the 1960s.
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Alex Grass suddenly saw an opportunity in the retail sector, thanks to the Supreme Court ruling and lack of competing drugstores.
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Alex Grass decided to open a store in downtown Scranton, which he called the Thrif D Discount Center, in 1962.
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Alex Grass quickly expanded the store, opening other locations in Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Lancaster, as well as a second location in Scranton.
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Alex Grass retired as the company's chairman and chief executive in March 1995.
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Rite Aid declined as a chain and a brand as Martin Alex Grass sought to expand the company.
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Martin Alex Grass was convicted of overstating Rite Aid's earnings during the 1990s and sentenced to eight years in federal prison.
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Alex Grass became involved in philanthropy and other business interests following his departure from Rite Aid.
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Alex Grass served as the longtime director of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
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Alex Grass died at his home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on August 27,2009, after a ten-year-long battle with lung cancer.
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Alex Grass' funeral was held at Temple Ohev Sholom in Harrisburg.
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Alex Grass was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania.