BORN: June 5, 1912, in Chicago. Moved to
Florida in 1964.
EDUCATION: Graduated from the University
of Chicago in 1932.
BUSINESS: Founded
Tractor Supply Co., a nationwide farm implement retail chain, and built a 27-bank
holding company he later sold to Bank of America.
PHILANTHROPY: Donated millions of dollars to Florida Atlantic University, the
City of Boca Raton, University of Chicago, Boca Raton Community Hospital and others.
DIED:
May 1, 1996 at the age of 83.
The
Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center at Florida
Atlantic University on the Boca Raton campus is a world-class
center of medical and scientific education. The
90,000 square-foot facility houses classrooms and research
laboratories as well as a graduate teaching center for
training physicians and other doctoral level students in the
sciences.
You may
click here to visit the website at FAU, home of the new Charles E.
Schmidt Biomedical Science Program.
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