Background
Heizer, Edgar Francis was born on September 23, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Edgar Francis and Grace Adelia (Smith) Heizer.
Heizer, Edgar Francis was born on September 23, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Edgar Francis and Grace Adelia (Smith) Heizer.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1951; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1954.
Member audit and tax staff, Arthur Andersen & Company, Chicago, 1954-1956;
finance analyst, Kidder, Peabody & Company, Chicago, 1956-1958;
management consultant, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Chicago, 1958-1962;
assistant treasurer, manager venture capital division, Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Illinois, 1962-1969;
chairman, founder, Chief Executive Officer, Heizer Corporation, a venture capital & business development company, Chicago, 1969-1985;
venture capitalist, Tucker's Town, Bermuda, since 1985. Board directors Needham & County, New York, Material Science Corporation, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Bermuda Commodities Exch., Hamilton, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Member of advisory board Kellogg School Management, NorthwesternU.
Chairman Heizer Center for Entrepreneurship at Kellogg School Management.
Chairman task force on capital formation for White House Conference on Small Business, 1978-1980. Member National Venture Capital Association (founder, 1st president, chairman), National Association Small Business Investment Companies, Delta Upsilon (Chairman, Board Of Directors 1985-1988, chairman educational foundation 1990-1998).
Married Molly Bradley Hunt, June 17, 1952. Children: Linda Heizer Seaman, Molly Hunt, Edgar Francis III.