Robert Alan Pritzker was an American businessman and member of the wealthy Pritzker family.
10 Facts About Robert Pritzker
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Robert Pritzker has two brothers: Donald Pritzker and Jay Pritzker.
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Robert Pritzker received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1946 and an honorary doctorate in 1984.
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Robert Pritzker taught night courses at IIT and began serving on the board of trustees in 1962, and served as a University Regent until the time of his death.
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Robert Pritzker taught evening classes at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in the late 1970s and through the 1980s.
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Robert Pritzker's class consisted of cases developed from actual business take-overs he was involved with, and students had to recommend whether or not to purchase the companies under study.
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Robert Pritzker started The Marmon Group, an international association of autonomous manufacturing and service companies.
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Concurrently, Robert Pritzker spent a year as Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers.
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In 2002, Bob Robert Pritzker retired from his position of President of The Marmon Group and assumed the role of President of Colson Associates, Inc.
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Robert Pritzker received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1983.