Mr. President. today I recognize the 90th birthday of one of the outstanding business leaders of our timeChicago businessman. Lester Crown. Lester Crown was born on June 7. 1925. to Henry Crown. the son of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. and his wife. Rebecca Kranz. Like many other Illinoisans. Lester came from a family of Lithuanian immigrants with humble beginnings who moved to America to pursue a better life for their children. Lesters father worked hard with his two brothers to build their family construction supplies company. the Material Service Corporation. As a young man. Lester worked with his father at the Material Services quarry over the summers to lend a hand.
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