Edgar John Uihlein Jr. (October 28, 1916 – May 19, 2005)[1] was an American businessman and the co-founder of General Binding Corporation.
Early life
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.
Career
In 1940, he obtained a commission in the US Navy, rising to lieutenant commander, and becoming chief flight instructor at Glenview Naval Air Station.
In 1947, Uihlein and a Navy friend, Bill Lane, founded General Binding Corporation.
Personal life
In 1941, he married Lucia Ellis, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Washington, D.C.[3] She was the daughter of Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis.[4] They had three sons, Richard, Edgar III and Stephen, and two daughters, Lucia and Sally.[3]
Uihlein died at his home in Lake Bluff, a Chicago suburb, on May 19, 2005, aged 88.[5][6]
References
- Edgar J Uihlein Fold3, retrieved April 13, 2020^
- Chicago Examiner 20 June 1911 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections idnc.library.illinois.edu, retrieved 2023-11-06^
- Obituary: Lucia Ellis Uihlein Chicago Tribune, 4 April 2012, retrieved 5 November 2018^
- Admiral Ellis' Daughter Married May Tenth Coronado Eagle and Journal, 22 May 1941, retrieved 5 November 2018^
- Memorial: Edgar John Uihlein Jr. '40 Princeton Alumni Weekly, retrieved 4 November 2018^
- Bill Berkowitz. Meet Dick Uihlein, the Anti-Union, Anti-Regulation Crusader Spending Millions on Right-Wing Causes and Candidates buzzflash.com, retrieved 5 November 2018^