Richardson Pratt Jr
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| name = Richardson Pratt Jr.
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| birth_date = March 25, 1923
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|05|01|1923|03|25}}
| death_place = Cold Spring Harbor, New York, U.S.
| education = Williams College
Harvard Business School
| occupation = Businessman and educational administrator
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| title = 10th President of Pratt Institute
| term = 1972–1990
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| spouse = Mary Esterbrook Offutt
| children = 3
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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 life
Richardson Pratt Jr. was born on March 25, 1923, and grew up in Brooklyn and Glen Cove, New York. 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.
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.
Career
He was president of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1972 to 1990, and chairman of Charles Pratt & Company.{{cite news |title=Richardson Pratt Jr., 78; Led Pratt Institute |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/05/nyregion/richardson-pratt-jr-78-led-pratt-institute.html |accessdate=12 November 2018 |work=New York Times |date=5 May 2001}}
Personal life
In 1944, Pratt married Mary Esterbrook Offutt, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Caspar Yost Offutt, a former diplomat, in Omaha, Nebraska.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=17437609|title=15 Aug 1944, Page 4 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com|author=|date=|website=newspapers.com|accessdate=12 November 2018}} Her uncle was the aviator Jarvis Offutt. She was educated at Shipley School and Vassar College.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/23/obituaries/casper-yost-offutt-former-diplomat-93.html|title=Casper Yost Offutt, Former Diplomat, 93|last=AP|date=23 December 1987|website=New York Times|accessdate=12 November 2018}}
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.
Pratt died from pancreatic cancer on May 1, 2001, at his home in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, aged 78.
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Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:Family of Charles Pratt
Category:People from Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Category:People from Glen Cove, New York
Category:Williams College alumni
Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Choate Rosemary Hall alumni
Category:People from Cold Spring Harbor, New York