Edward A. Brennan

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Edward A. Brennan
BornJanuary 16, 1934
Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
SpouseLois Lyon
Children6
AwardsCall of Lincoln

Edward A. Brennan (January 16, 1934 – December 27, 2007) was chairman of the board, president (1980–1995) and

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Edward Brennan was born in Chicago into a family of Sears associates: his grandfather, father and uncles all worked there,[1] and his younger brother, Bernard F. Brennan, left Sears for the rival Chicago-based retailer Montgomery Ward and became its CEO in 1985.[2][3][4] His mother, who also worked at Sears, left the family and went to Mexico when he was young; he worked after school to pay for bus trips with his brother to visit her.[5]

He attended

Sears Tower.[10]

Brennan also served on the boards of 3M, Exelon, McDonald's, and AMR Corporation,[10] where he was chairman of the board in 2003–04 and enabled the company to avoid bankruptcy.[14]

Awards

Brennan was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2005 in the area Business and Social Service.[15]

Brennan died on the evening of December 27, 2007, at his home in Burr Ridge, Illinois.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Edward Brennan: was chairman of Sears". The Boston Globe. 2008-01-07.
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  3. ^ Key, Janet (1988-03-13). "Chicago's Brennan Brothers: West Siders, Irish, Retailers And Role Models". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ "Chairman of the Boards: Bernard Brennan: Chairman, Tomax and eFashionSolutions". efashionsolutions.com. February 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-07-29.
  5. ^ Katz, p. 473.
  6. ^ Katz, p. 165.
  7. ^ Katz, pp. 159–61.
  8. ^ Katz, pp. 223, 561, 585.
  9. ^ Katz, pp. 183–203.
  10. ^ a b c d e Story, Louise (2008-01-01). "Edward Brennan, Who Led Sears at Its Peak, Dies at 73". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Katz, pp. 404–22.
  12. ^ Katz, pp. 444, 572.
  13. ^ Katz, p. 585.
  14. ^ "Former Sears CEO Edward Brennan dies at 73". USA Today. 2007-12-28.
  15. ^ "Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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