Abram was the son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Annie P. (née Cohn) and Nicholas J. Pritzker. His father left Kiev for Chicago in 1881 and worked first as a pharmacist and then as a lawyer. His father wrote a small book that has been passed down the generations; the theme of the book is "Your only immortality is the impact you have on your successors."
Abram graduated from Harvard Law School. His draft card was registered 24 May 1917. WWI draft. After returning from service Abram joined his father's law firm, Pritzker & Pritzker, along with his brothers, Harry and Jack. Harry specialized in criminal law, Abram (called Abe and later A.N.) specialized in business law, and Jack in real estate law. In the 1930s, he left the law practice and branched out with his brother Jack, investing in real estate and small companies, mostly in the Chicago area. Harry continued to run the law firm, which eventually became an in-house firm catering solely to the needs of the Pritzker family and its business.
Mr. Pritzker's philanthropic endeavors include funding the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He also set up a trust fund for the A.N. Pritzker Elementary School, which he had attended when it was called the Wicker Park Elementary School. The Pritzker family also funds a charter school, Pritzker College Prep, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago.
Mr.Pritzker has three sons: Jay Pritzker, Robert Pritzker and Donald Pritzker. After his first wife and mother of his three son's Fanny Doppelt passed away he married Lorraine Colantonio in 1972.
His father Nicholas Pritzker, a 1880's Jewish immigrant from Kiev, was so poor that he was taken to Micheal Reese Hospital the day it opened, treated for a cold, and given a $9 overcoat by the hospital. "Best investment they ever made," said his son Abe. "I paid them back for that coat about a million times." (Chicago Tribune, 11-24-85)
Abram graduated from Harvard Law School. His draft card was registered 24 May 1917. WWI draft. After returning from service Abram joined his father's law firm, Pritzker & Pritzker, along with his brothers, Harry and Jack. Harry specialized in criminal law, Abram (called Abe and later A.N.) specialized in business law, and Jack in real estate law. In the 1930s, he left the law practice and branched out with his brother Jack, investing in real estate and small companies, mostly in the Chicago area. Harry continued to run the law firm, which eventually became an in-house firm catering solely to the needs of the Pritzker family and its business.
Mr. Pritzker's philanthropic endeavors include funding the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He also set up a trust fund for the A.N. Pritzker Elementary School, which he had attended when it was called the Wicker Park Elementary School. The Pritzker family also funds a charter school, Pritzker College Prep, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago.
Mr.Pritzker has three sons: Jay Pritzker, Robert Pritzker and Donald Pritzker. After his first wife and mother of his three son's Fanny Doppelt passed away he married Lorraine Colantonio in 1972.
His father Nicholas Pritzker, a 1880's Jewish immigrant from Kiev, was so poor that he was taken to Micheal Reese Hospital the day it opened, treated for a cold, and given a $9 overcoat by the hospital. "Best investment they ever made," said his son Abe. "I paid them back for that coat about a million times." (Chicago Tribune, 11-24-85)
Abram was the son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Annie P. (née Cohn) and Nicholas J. Pritzker. His father left Kiev for Chicago in 1881 and worked first as a pharmacist and then as a lawyer. His father wrote a small book that has been passed down the generations; the theme of the book is "Your only immortality is the impact you have on your successors."
Abram graduated from Harvard Law School. His draft card was registered 24 May 1917. WWI draft. After returning from service Abram joined his father's law firm, Pritzker & Pritzker, along with his brothers, Harry and Jack. Harry specialized in criminal law, Abram (called Abe and later A.N.) specialized in business law, and Jack in real estate law. In the 1930s, he left the law practice and branched out with his brother Jack, investing in real estate and small companies, mostly in the Chicago area. Harry continued to run the law firm, which eventually became an in-house firm catering solely to the needs of the Pritzker family and its business.
Mr. Pritzker's philanthropic endeavors include funding the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He also set up a trust fund for the A.N. Pritzker Elementary School, which he had attended when it was called the Wicker Park Elementary School. The Pritzker family also funds a charter school, Pritzker College Prep, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago.
Mr.Pritzker has three sons: Jay Pritzker, Robert Pritzker and Donald Pritzker. After his first wife and mother of his three son's Fanny Doppelt passed away he married Lorraine Colantonio in 1972.
His father Nicholas Pritzker, a 1880's Jewish immigrant from Kiev, was so poor that he was taken to Micheal Reese Hospital the day it opened, treated for a cold, and given a $9 overcoat by the hospital. "Best investment they ever made," said his son Abe. "I paid them back for that coat about a million times." (Chicago Tribune, 11-24-85)
Abram graduated from Harvard Law School. His draft card was registered 24 May 1917. WWI draft. After returning from service Abram joined his father's law firm, Pritzker & Pritzker, along with his brothers, Harry and Jack. Harry specialized in criminal law, Abram (called Abe and later A.N.) specialized in business law, and Jack in real estate law. In the 1930s, he left the law practice and branched out with his brother Jack, investing in real estate and small companies, mostly in the Chicago area. Harry continued to run the law firm, which eventually became an in-house firm catering solely to the needs of the Pritzker family and its business.
Mr. Pritzker's philanthropic endeavors include funding the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He also set up a trust fund for the A.N. Pritzker Elementary School, which he had attended when it was called the Wicker Park Elementary School. The Pritzker family also funds a charter school, Pritzker College Prep, in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago.
Mr.Pritzker has three sons: Jay Pritzker, Robert Pritzker and Donald Pritzker. After his first wife and mother of his three son's Fanny Doppelt passed away he married Lorraine Colantonio in 1972.
His father Nicholas Pritzker, a 1880's Jewish immigrant from Kiev, was so poor that he was taken to Micheal Reese Hospital the day it opened, treated for a cold, and given a $9 overcoat by the hospital. "Best investment they ever made," said his son Abe. "I paid them back for that coat about a million times." (Chicago Tribune, 11-24-85)
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