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Article: Green Bay philanthropist dies George Kress, 94, founded packaging company, sailed with Cronkite
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 10, 1997
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George F. Kress, who founded Green Bay Packaging Inc., died of
natural causes Monday at his home in Allouez. He was 94.
He donated millions to the arts and charitable institutions in
Green Bay, was a friend of Norman Vincent Peale and a sailing
companion of retired CBS television journalist Walter Cronkite.
Kress was "the most amazing fellow, very quiet, almost shy," said
John Brogan, a Green Bay businessman and family friend. "He was the
furthest thing away from the modern, in-your-face celebrity
executive."
Though he established a charitable foundation, Kress avoided
publicity while remembering the people who helped him in the 1930s.
He would assist them or their children financially or ...
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