Background
Goldberg, Avram Jacob was born on January 26, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lewis and Mildred (Levine) Goldberg.
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Avram Jacob Goldberg
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AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1951. Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1954. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northeastern University, 1982.
Career
Associate firm, Hill Barlow Goodale & Wiswall, Boston, 1954-1955;
with, The Stop & Shop Companies Inc., Boston, 1958-1989;
executive vice president, The Stop & Shop Companies Inc., Boston, 1968-1971;
president, The Stop & Shop Companies Inc., Boston, 1971-1985;
chief Executive officer, The Stop & Shop Companies Inc., Boston, 1979-1989;
Chairman of the Board, The Stop & Shop Companies Inc., Boston, 1985-1989. Visiting professor management Master of Business Administration program Babson College. Distinguished visiting lecturer Boston University School Business Management, 1990-1991.
Board directors Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, Whole Foods Markets, Inc., Ekco Group, Inc. Chairman The Avcar Group, Ltd., since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member class committee Harvard Class of 1951, past class secretary. Trustee Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Past trustee Boston College.
Overseer Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. Honorary life trustee Beth Israel Hospital. Honorary trustee, member executive board Combined Jewish Philanthropies Greater Boston.
Past trustee Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools. Past chairman executive committee Alden Seminars on Higher Education former member board directors Massachusetts Business Development Corporation. Former chairman Brookline Redevelopment Authority.
Former member corporation Boston Museum of Science. Past chairman, board overseers, trustee Boston Symphony Orchestra. Board directors, Food Marketing Institute.
Past board directors Harvard Business School Associates, Massachusetts Business Roundtable. Founder The Ireland Fund (co-chair Boston Dinner 1992), chairman, board directors Center for Collaborative Education Metro Boston. Lieutenant junior grade United States Naval Reserve, 1955-1958.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Science, Food Marketing Institute (S.R. Rabb award 1993). Member Boston City of Chamber (board directors, vice president), Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs (Commander, bailli honoraire), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary Alpha chapter Massachusetts).
Connections
Married Carol Rabb, June 18, 1950. Children: Deborah Beth, Joshua Rabb.
