Philip
Knight
Wrigley
Born in Chicago, Putnam, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Wrigley Jr.
and Ada Elizabeth (Foote) Wrigley
Brother of
Dorothy (Wrigley) Offield
Husband of
Helen Blanche (Atwater) Wrigley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
William Wrigley III
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2015
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Biography
Philip Wrigley is Notable.
Philip Knight Wrigley, sometimes also called P.K. or Phil, was an American chewing gum manufacturer and executive in Major League Baseball, inheriting both those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley, Jr.. In 1912, Wrigley founded the Lincoln Park Gun Club with Oscar F. Mayer, Sewell Avery, and other prominent Chicagoans.[1]
His father died in 1932 elevating Philip's role in the family business. He presided over the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, and also the family hobby, the Chicago Cubs, as owner until his death. He passed the title of "Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company President" to his son William Wrigley III in 1961.[2]
Continuing the environmental stewardship of his father, he established the Catalina Island Conservancy in 1972, and donated his family's ownership of most of Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, to the Catalina Island Conservancy.[3]
Philip Wrigley passed away in 1977.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Philip K. Wrigley at Wikipedia
- ↑ Philip K. Wrigley at Wikipedia
- ↑ Philip K. Wrigley at Wikipedia
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q576-118X : 18 July 2020), Philip K Wrigley, 1977.
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