Weston Robert Christopherson (69) was born May 5, 1925 in Hannaford, ND son of Carl Christopherson and Ermine Laursen.
Wes graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND where he received his B.S. in 1949 and his J.D. in 1951.
He married Myrna L. Christensen on June 8, 1951 in Kenmare, ND. They moved to the Chicago area where he practiced law with the Jewel Foods, Inc. for 15 years. He then became the President of Jewell Foods, Inc a chain grocery company based in Chicago.
He resigned from Jewell and became the CEO of Northern Trust Corporation in Chicago. Wes continued with Northern Trust until his retirement in 1990, at which time Northern Trust was the 11th most profitable of the 100 largest banks in the United States.
Wes was also an active member of Chicago's philanthropic circles. He had been a director of two corporate foundations, the Quaker Oats Foundation and the Illinois Tool Works Foundation, as well as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Chicago United Way/Crusade of Mercy. He also had served as a director of several health-care groups, including the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital. His recent volunteer activities focused on organizations that serve children, particularly their educational needs. He was a director of Voices for Illinois Children, a nonpartisan child-advocacy organization, and the Big Shoulders program, an education-support program for Chicago's inner-city Catholic schools.
Wes is survived by his wife, Myrna, and three daughters, Mia Kammerer, Mari Morsch and Kari Falls.
Wes graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND where he received his B.S. in 1949 and his J.D. in 1951.
He married Myrna L. Christensen on June 8, 1951 in Kenmare, ND. They moved to the Chicago area where he practiced law with the Jewel Foods, Inc. for 15 years. He then became the President of Jewell Foods, Inc a chain grocery company based in Chicago.
He resigned from Jewell and became the CEO of Northern Trust Corporation in Chicago. Wes continued with Northern Trust until his retirement in 1990, at which time Northern Trust was the 11th most profitable of the 100 largest banks in the United States.
Wes was also an active member of Chicago's philanthropic circles. He had been a director of two corporate foundations, the Quaker Oats Foundation and the Illinois Tool Works Foundation, as well as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Chicago United Way/Crusade of Mercy. He also had served as a director of several health-care groups, including the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital. His recent volunteer activities focused on organizations that serve children, particularly their educational needs. He was a director of Voices for Illinois Children, a nonpartisan child-advocacy organization, and the Big Shoulders program, an education-support program for Chicago's inner-city Catholic schools.
Wes is survived by his wife, Myrna, and three daughters, Mia Kammerer, Mari Morsch and Kari Falls.
Weston Robert Christopherson (69) was born May 5, 1925 in Hannaford, ND son of Carl Christopherson and Ermine Laursen.
Wes graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND where he received his B.S. in 1949 and his J.D. in 1951.
He married Myrna L. Christensen on June 8, 1951 in Kenmare, ND. They moved to the Chicago area where he practiced law with the Jewel Foods, Inc. for 15 years. He then became the President of Jewell Foods, Inc a chain grocery company based in Chicago.
He resigned from Jewell and became the CEO of Northern Trust Corporation in Chicago. Wes continued with Northern Trust until his retirement in 1990, at which time Northern Trust was the 11th most profitable of the 100 largest banks in the United States.
Wes was also an active member of Chicago's philanthropic circles. He had been a director of two corporate foundations, the Quaker Oats Foundation and the Illinois Tool Works Foundation, as well as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Chicago United Way/Crusade of Mercy. He also had served as a director of several health-care groups, including the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital. His recent volunteer activities focused on organizations that serve children, particularly their educational needs. He was a director of Voices for Illinois Children, a nonpartisan child-advocacy organization, and the Big Shoulders program, an education-support program for Chicago's inner-city Catholic schools.
Wes is survived by his wife, Myrna, and three daughters, Mia Kammerer, Mari Morsch and Kari Falls.
Wes graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND where he received his B.S. in 1949 and his J.D. in 1951.
He married Myrna L. Christensen on June 8, 1951 in Kenmare, ND. They moved to the Chicago area where he practiced law with the Jewel Foods, Inc. for 15 years. He then became the President of Jewell Foods, Inc a chain grocery company based in Chicago.
He resigned from Jewell and became the CEO of Northern Trust Corporation in Chicago. Wes continued with Northern Trust until his retirement in 1990, at which time Northern Trust was the 11th most profitable of the 100 largest banks in the United States.
Wes was also an active member of Chicago's philanthropic circles. He had been a director of two corporate foundations, the Quaker Oats Foundation and the Illinois Tool Works Foundation, as well as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Chicago United Way/Crusade of Mercy. He also had served as a director of several health-care groups, including the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital. His recent volunteer activities focused on organizations that serve children, particularly their educational needs. He was a director of Voices for Illinois Children, a nonpartisan child-advocacy organization, and the Big Shoulders program, an education-support program for Chicago's inner-city Catholic schools.
Wes is survived by his wife, Myrna, and three daughters, Mia Kammerer, Mari Morsch and Kari Falls.
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