Edgar Uihlein


Edgar John Uihlein Jr was an American businessman, and the co-founder of General Binding Corporation.

Early life

Uihlein was the son of Edgar John Uihlein Sr of Lake Bluff, Illinois, who was a vice-president and director of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, and Paula Huck, a member of Chicago's Marshall Field family. 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.
Uihlein and a Navy friend, Bill Lane, founded General Binding Corporation.

Personal life

In 1941, he married Lucia Ellis Uihlein, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Washington D.C. She was the daughter of Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis. They had three sons, Richard, Edgar III and Stephen, and two daughters, Lucia and Sally.
Uihlein died at his home in Lake Bluff, a Chicago suburb, on May 19, 2005, aged 88.