Background
Wrigley, Philip Knight was born on December 5, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Junior and Ada Elizabeth (Foote) Wrigley.
Wrigley, Philip Knight was born on December 5, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Junior and Ada Elizabeth (Foote) Wrigley.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1914.
With William Wrigley Junior Company, chewing gum manufacturers, Melbourne, Australia, 1915. Vice president William Wrigley Junior Company, Chicago, 1920-1925, president, 1925-1961, Chairman, Board Of Directors 1961-1977, director, 1926-1977. Chairman of the Board William
Wrigley Junior Company Limited., Canada, 1932-1977, also director
President, director Wrigley Import Company, Chicago, 1937-1977, president, director Chicago National League Ball Club, Santa Catalina Island Company, Catalina Operations Company, Catalina Rock & Ranch Company, Wrigley Memorial Garden Foundation. Manager Deutsche Wrigley GmbH, West Germany.
Director Wrigley Italiana South.P.A., The Wrigley Company Limited., England, The Wrigley Company Proprietary Limited., Australia, The Wrigley Company (New Zealand) Limited., New Zealand, Wrigley South America, France, Wrigley Phillippines, Incorporated., Wrigley North.V., Netherlands.
Member National League Professional Baseball. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve Force, in charge School Aviation Mechanics, Great Lakes Naval Tr. Station, World War I.
Member Chicago History Society, National Aeronautical.
Association, Navy League United States, Question Manager Association, American Legion, Arab Horse Society (England), Yachtsmen’s Association American, Arabian Horse Registry American, Chicago Academy Sciences, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Catalina Island Museum Society, Chicago Urban League, Chicago Zoological Society, Field Museum Natural History, Geneva Lake Civic Association, Lincoln Park Zoological Society, Naval Aviation Museum Association, Photographic Society American, Shedd Aquarium. Moose.; Clubs: Chicago Athletic Association, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago, Mid-American, Knollwood Country, Racquet, Chicago Yacht, International, Los Gringos Camp, Lake Geneva Country, Lake Geneva Yacht, Los Rancheros Vista Dores, Tavern, Catalina Island Yacht, Tuna (Catalina).
Married Helen Blanche Atwater, March 26, 1918. Children: Blanche, Dorothy, William.