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Walgreen, grandson of Charles Walgreen Sr., who founded the Walgreens drugstore chain in 1901, began his career with the company as a stock boy in 1952. [1] [2] He earned a pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan in 1958 and returned to Walgreens, rising through the ranks to become president in 1969, CEO in 1971, and chairman in 1976.
Walgreen Jr. started out as a buyer for the company. As head of the company he increased the profit and size of the drug store, encouraged new lines of products to be sold and changed the format from counter service to self-service. He relinquished his role in company in 1969 to his son Charles R. Walgreen III. [3] He died in 2007 at age 100. [3]
Walgreens began in 1901, with a small food front store on the corner of Bowen and Cottage Grove Avenues in Chicago, owned by Dixon, Illinois native Charles R. Walgreen. [6] By 1913, Walgreens had grown to four stores on Chicago's South Side. It opened its fifth in 1915 and four more in 1916. By 1919, there were 20 stores in the chain.
Chahanie Development announced the shopping center in 1967 [2] and began construction in 1969. The first announced tenants were JCPenney, G. C. Murphy variety store, Arlan's discount store, Walgreens, an IGA supermarket, and Kinney Shoes. [3] Official opening ceremonies were held in October 1971, by which point many stores were already open. [4]
Walgreens offered low-priced lunch counters, built its own ice cream factory, and introduced the malted milk shake in 1922. By 1927, Walgreen had established 110 stores. His son Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (March 4, 1906 – February 10, 2007) and grandson Charles R. Walgreen III both shared his name and played prominent roles in the company ...
President and CEO of Walgreens: Entertainment. Name Chapter Class Notability References ... 1969 United States Senator: Todd Tiahrt: SD School of Mines: 1970
1969 The Beverly Hillbillies: Jeanne Leeds 4 episodes 1970 Dragnet: Karen Fields / Betsy Nichols 2 episodes 1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. Claudia Moran / Lee Simmons 1970 The Name of the Game: Elaine Episode: "Why I Blew Up Dakota" 1970, 1971 Mayberry R.F.D. Pamela Bennington 2 episodes 1970–1971 Green Acres: Darlene Wheeler 6 episodes 1970, 1972 ...
James Alan Skinner was born in Moline, Illinois, United States, the son of Leon Skinner, a bricklayer, who died in 2006, aged 84. [2]Skinner grew up in Davenport, Iowa and graduated from West High School there in 1962.