Charles H. Wacker
| Charles Henry Wacker | |
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Charles Wacker in the Chicago Eagle, July 18, 1896.
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| Born |
August 29, 1856 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | October 31, 1929 (aged 73) Lake Geneva, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
Charles Henry Wacker (29 August 1856 – 31 October 1929), born in Chicago, Illinois, was a German American businessman and philanthropist. His father Frederick Wacker, a brewer, was born in Württemberg, Germany. He was Vice Chairman of the General Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and in 1909 was appointed Chairman of the Chicago Plan Commission by Mayor Busse. As Commission chairman from 1909 to 1926, he championed the Burnham Plan for improving Chicago. His work to promote the plan included addresses, obtaining wide publicity from newspapers, and publishing Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago (by Walter D. Moody) as a textbook for local schoolchildren.
Prior to serving on the Commission, Wacker was a Chicago brewer and the director of the 1893 Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.
As a businessman he was part of a consortium of Chicago brewers who underwrote the methods that facilitated the commercialization of refrigeration machines.
Wacker Drive, built as part of the Burnham Plan, and Charles H. Wacker Elementary School are named in his honor.
Charles H. Wacker was educated at Lake Forest Academy (class of 1872) and thereafter at Switzerland's University of Geneva.
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