Richardson Pratt Jr
BornMarch 25, 1923
DiedMay 1, 2001
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US
EducationWilliams College
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Businessman and educational administrator
TitlePresident, Pratt Institute
Term1972-1990
SpouseMary Esterbrook Offutt
Children3

Richardson Pratt Jr (March 25, 1923 - May 1, 2001) was an American businessman and educational administrator, president of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1972 to 1990, and chairman of Charles Pratt & Company.

Early life

Richardson Pratt Jr was born on March 25, 1923, and grew up in Brooklyn and Glen Cove, New York.[1] He was the son of Richardson Pratt (1894-1959) and his wife, Laura Cecilia Parsons, and the grandson of Charles Millard Pratt. He was a great-grandson of the founder of the Pratt Institute, Charles Pratt.[1]

He was educated at the Choate School and earned a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1946, and a master's degree from the Harvard Business School in 1948.[1]

Career

He was president of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1972 to 1990, and chairman of Charles Pratt & Company.[1]

Personal life

In 1944, Pratt married Mary Esterbrook Offutt, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Caspar Yost Offutt, a former diplomat, in Omaha, Nebraska.[2] Her uncle was the aviator Jarvis Offutt. She was educated at Shipley School and Vassar College.[2][3]

They had three children, Laura P. Gregg of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Thomas R. Pratt of Coconut Grove, Florida, and David O. Pratt of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.[1]

Pratt died from pancreatic cancer on May 1, 2001, at his home in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, aged 78.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Richardson Pratt Jr., 78; Led Pratt Institute". New York Times. 5 May 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 "15 Aug 1944, Page 4 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com". newspapers.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. ↑ AP (23 December 1987). "Casper Yost Offutt, Former Diplomat, 93". New York Times. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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