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Marshall Field III (September 28, 1893 – November 8, 1956) was an American investment banker, publisher, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, grandson of businessman Marshall Field, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune, and a leading financial supporter and founding board member of Saul Alinsky's community organizing ...
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 – January 16, 1906) was an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores. His business was renowned for its then-exceptional level of quality and customer service.
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. Request the Data. Marshall Field III. Field Enterprises (Chicago Sun/Parade Publications) 1941–1956. Industry: Publishing & Print Media. Era: 1940. In 1941, Field established the Chicago Sun, selling nearly 900,000 copies on the paper’s first day.
In the early 1940s Marshall Field III, who had established the Chicago Sun, fought his exclusion from the AP service. Prosecution under the federal antitrust powers ended the AP’s restrictive practices. Read More
Marshall Field III was an American investment banker, publisher, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, grandson of businessman Marshall Field, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune, and a leading financial supporter and founding board member of Saul Alinsky's community organizing network Industrial Areas Foundation.
8 Mac 2020 · Learn about the life and achievements of Marshall Field III, the grandson of the famous department store founder and one of the richest men in the world. Discover his marriage to Delia Caton, his involvement in the Field Museum and University of Chicago, and his mysterious death.
On Sept. 28, 1943 Marshall Field III will be 50. When that day comes the handsome, affable grandson of Chicago's greatest merchant will inherit the bulk of the $140,000,000 fortune his...
