Lester Crown was born on June 7,1925 and is an American businessman and is the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown, who created the Material Service Corporation with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959.
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Lester Crown is the chairman of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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Lester Crown is the son of Rebecca and Henry Lester Crown and was raised in Evanston, Illinois.
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Lester Crown was President of Marblehead Lime Co as well as the president of Royal Crown RC Cola from 1956 to 1966.
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Lester Crown has served as the president and chair of General Dynamics.
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Lester Crown is on the Board of Directors of Lyric Opera and Children's Memorial Hospital, and the America Abroad Media advisory board.
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Lester Crown is a member of Lake Shore Country Club, Northmoor Country Club, Standard Club, Economic Club of Chicago, and Northwestern University's John Evans Club.
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Lester Crown is a Deputy Chair of the International Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and a member of the Tel Aviv University's Board of Governors.
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Lester Crown is involved with The Lester Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University.
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Lester Crown donated the initial $10 million gift that started the center in 2005.
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Lester Crown received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1989.
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Lester Crown was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln by the Governor of Illinois in 1999 in the area of Business and Social Service.
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Lester Crown's wife is the sister of producer G David Schine and daughter of theater and hotel magnate, Junius Myer Schine.