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Henry Segerstrom
Henry Thomas Segerstrom (* 5. April1923 in Santa Ana, Kalifornien; † 20. Februar2015 in Newport Beach, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer und Philanthrop.
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[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Segerstroms Familie war zum Zeitpunkt seiner Geburt einer der größten Produzenten von Limabohnen in den USA. Er selbst machte seine Ausbildung an der Stanford University und beteiligte sich als Soldat am Zweiten Weltkrieg. 1948 graduierte er an der Stanford Business School.[1] Im März 1967 eröffnete Segerstrom zusammen mit seinem Cousin Hal T. Segerstrom, Jr. das Einkaufszentrum South Coast Plaza. Dies befand sich nahe den Limabohnenfelder der Familie in Orange County.
Segerstrom erhielt den Ehrendoktor von der Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa.[2] Er war der Gründungsvorsitzender des Orange County Performing Arts Center, dem heutigen Segerstrom Center for the Arts.[3][4][5] Er starb nach kurzer Krankheit am 20. Januar 2015 im kalifornischen Newport Beach im Alter von 91 Jahren.[6]
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Henry Segerstrom, South Coast Plaza and arts center pioneer, dies at 91
Henry Thomas Segerstrom, a farmer who transformed a family lima bean plot into South Coast Plaza and then used his fortune to help build Orange County’s most significant performing arts center, has died.
Segerstrom died Friday afternoon at his Newport Beach home after a brief illness, South Coast Plaza spokeswoman Debra Gunn Downing said. He was 91.
He and a cousin opened the shopping center in a burgeoning Costa Mesa on March 15, 1967, and eventually grew it into the highest-grossing retail center in the United States, with $1.7 billion in annual sales, according to a statement from C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, the firm that manages South Coast Plaza and other properties.
Segerstrom also donated the land and was the chief benefactor for the Orange County Performing Arts Center, later renamed the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in his family’s honor.
“This is such a momentous development,” Segerstrom Center President Terry Dwyer said Friday. “We’re all overwhelmed with an avalanche of emotions and memories.
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Henry’s grandparents, Charles John (“C.J.”) and Bertha, came to America from Sweden in 1882. They lived in Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The family, which would eventually include 10 children, migrated to California, eventually settling in what is now Costa Mesa. They farmed on leased land and then bought 40 acres.
The family added acreage over the years, and never sold any land for the 50 years they were in Orange County. Eventually the family had 2,500 acres of farmland. They grew alfalfa and had dairy cows, but the family made its reputation in lima beans. C.J. Segerstrom & Sons was the nation’s largest independent producer of the legume, and known for producing beans of such quality that canners, who required nearly perfect specimens, paid the highest prices for the pristine Segerstrom product.
Of C.J. and Bertha’s 10 children, four stayed in Orange County, including Henry’s father Anton. They formed the partnership C.J. Segerstrom & Sons. Two older brothers
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