Preston Robert table

Preston Robert "Bob" table (born April 29, 1926 in New York City , † November 15, 2005 ibid) was an American businessman and entrepreneur.

In Bensonhurst ( Brooklyn -born) Bob table initially attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and later the Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. In 1943 he began studying at Bucknell University , but dropped out the following year to fight as a soldier in the US Army in World War II . Upon his return, he continued his education at the University of Michigan , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1948 .

Tisch Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2013

As a result, he worked as a businessman. With his older brother Laurence , he acquired the majority of the shares in Loews Corporation , a holding company , in 1960 . Until his death he was its president and COO ; He also was a member of the board and was in 1994 one of the Chairman ( Chairman ). He also served on the boards of Hasbro and Rite Aid . Between August 1986 and February 1988, Tisch also served as the United States Postmaster General . He was also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations . In 2004 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Tisch was a co-owner of the New York Giants football team and died in Manhattan in November 2005 , shortly after Wellington Mara († October 25, 2005), the second co-owner. He had been married to Joan Hyman since 1948 and had three children: Steve Tisch , Jonathan Tisch and Laurie Tisch. He and his family got involved in many social projects in New York. He also regularly sent donations to his old college. The University of Michigan honored him with the naming of a building after him. The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University is also partly named after him.

Web links

• Preston Robert Tisch in nndb (English)
• "New York Giants Co-Owner Tisch Dies" (abc November 16, 2005)
• NY Giants website