Charles walgreen biography

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    Charles walgreen biography

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    • Charles Rudolph Walgreen

    American businessman and founder of Walgreens

    For his son, see Charles Rudolph Walgreen&#;Jr.

    Charles Rudolph Walgreen (October 9, – December 11, ) was an American businessman and the founder of Walgreens.

    Background

    He was born on a farm near Galesburg, Illinois before moving to Dixon, Illinois, in [2] He was the son of Swedish immigrants.

    In the s, Charles's great-great-great-grandfather, Sven Olofsson, adopted the surname Wahlgren (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈvɑ̂ːlɡreːn])[citation needed] during his military service, a family fact passed down over the generations.

    When Charles's father, Carl Magnus Olofsson, came to America from Sweden, he decided to change the family name to Walgreen.[3] When Charles was still quite young he and his family relocated to Dixon, Illinois, in He attended Dixon High School, Dixon Business College.

    He was a member of the international fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon.[4