Richardson Pratt Jr
Richardson Pratt Jr. (March 25, 1923 – May 1, 2001) was an American businessman and educational administrator. He was the president of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1972 to 1990, and chairman of Charles Pratt & Company. Early lifeRichardson Pratt Jr. was born on March 25, 1923, and grew up in Brooklyn and Glen Cove, New York.[1] He was the son of Richardson Pratt (1894-1959) and his wife, Laura Cecilia Parsons, and the grandson of Charles Millard Pratt. He was a great-grandson of the founder of the Pratt Institute, Charles Pratt.[1] He was educated at the Choate School and earned a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1946, and a master's degree from the Harvard Business School in 1948.[1] CareerHe was president of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1972 to 1990, and chairman of Charles Pratt & Company.[1] Personal lifeIn 1944, Pratt married Mary Esterbrook Offutt, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Caspar Yost Offutt, a former diplomat, in Omaha, Nebraska.[2] Her uncle was the aviator Jarvis Offutt. She was educated at Shipley School and Vassar College.[2][3] They had three children, Laura P. Gregg of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Thomas R. Pratt of Coconut Grove, Florida, and David O. Pratt of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.[1] Pratt died from pancreatic cancer on May 1, 2001, at his home in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, aged 78.[1] References
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