Edward E. Rieck

{{Short description|American businessman (1864–1944)}}

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| caption = Rieck {{circa|1913}}

| birth_name = Edward Ernest Rieck

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|10|27}}

| birth_place = Snowden, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|01|10|1864|10|27}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| resting_place = Homewood Cemetery

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| education = Humboldt Public School, St. Paul's Lutheran, Duff's College

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| occupation = Business magnate

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| known_for = Building the largest dairy business in the U.S.

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| title = Founder of Edward E. Rieck Company

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| spouse = {{marriage|Amelia E. Junge|1888|1916}}{{marriage|Mary E. Caldwell|1919|1944}}

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Edward Ernest Rieck (October 27, 1864 – January 10, 1944) was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Edward E. Rieck Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |title=Edward E. Rieck Dies at 79 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-edward-e-rieck-obi/9405337/?locale=en-US |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=Pittsburgh Press |date=January 11, 1944}}{{cite book |last1=Fleming |first1=George Thornton |title=History of Pittsburgh and Environs From Prehistoric Days to the Beginning of the American Revolution: Volume 6 |date=1922 |publisher=American Historical Society |location=New York and Chicago |pages=250–51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvkMAAAAYAAJ&dq=Edward+Ernest+Rieck&pg=PA246-IA8 |access-date=22 January 2025}} He was a pioneer in employment of sanitation of the dairy industry via pasteurized milk.