Philip W. Pillsbury
{{Short description|American businessman (1903–1984)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Philip Winston Pillsbury
| spouse = {{marriage|Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury|1934|August 27, 1971|end=d.}}
| children = 2
| parents = Charles S. Pillsbury
| education = Hotchkiss School (1920)
Yale University (1924)
| relatives = Charles Alfred Pillsbury (grandfather)
}}
Philip Winston Pillsbury (April 16, 1903 – June 14, 1984) was chairman emeritus of the Pillsbury Company and a grandson of the cofounder, Charles Alfred Pillsbury.
Early life
Pillsbury was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Charles S. Pillsbury, was a long-time company director. He graduated from The Hotchkiss School in 1920,{{cite web|url=http://www.hotchkiss.org/alumni/Accomplishments.aspx|title=Alumni Accomplishments|publisher=The Hotchkiss School|date=2004|accessdate=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310133421/http://www.hotchkiss.org/alumni/Accomplishments.aspx|archivedate=March 10, 2015}} and was a member of the Yale College Class of 1924. He was a starting guard on the undefeated and tie-free 1923 football team, an All-American water polo athlete, and a tenor for the Yale Glee Club. Pillsbury died from cancer at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.'Philip Pillsbury of Minneapolis; Lead Food Products Concern,' Walter H. Waggoner, The New York Times, June 16, 1984{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014073626/http://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,789707,00.html|archivedate=October 14, 2010|title=Pillsbury's Best|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,789707,00.html|magazine=Time|volume=35|issue=11|date=March 11, 1940|url-status=dead|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}
Career
Pillsbury was elected to the board of directors in 1928; in 1940, he became president, and maintained that post after election to the chairmanship of the board in 1951.
Pillsbury started as a laborer at the company. He was a master miller before accepting promotion to sales and management positions. Pillsbury was said to be one of the few milling executives to have a real knowledge of flour milling.New York Times, June 15, 1984, Associated Press story
Personal life
Pillsbury married Eleanor Bellows Pillsbury in 1934. They had two children.{{Cite news |date=1971-08-28 |title=Mrs. Philip W. Pillsbury Dies; Leader in Planned Parenthood |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/28/archives/mrs-philip-w-pillsbury-dies-leader-in-planned-parenthood.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite journal |last=Bellafaire |first=Judith Lawrence |date=2006 |title=Public Service Role Models: The First Women of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48608684 |journal=Armed Forces & Society |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=424–436 |doi=10.1177/0095327X05281015 |jstor=48608684 |s2cid=73272054 |issn=0095-327X}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Minneapolis
Category:American chairpersons of corporations
Category:American food industry business executives
Category:Hotchkiss School alumni
Category:Yale Bulldogs football players
Category:Players of American football from Connecticut
Category:Players of American football from Minnesota
Category:Deaths from cancer in Minnesota
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
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