The Prince Corporation also operated a successful diversification into auto parts by developing sun visors and other interior systems for car manufacturers.
After a long period of sustained growth, the company employed thousands in the early 1990s at numerous plants.
[6] Prince was married to Elsa Zwiep and together they had four children: Elisabeth (DeVos), the Trump administration's Secretary of Education; former Blackwater (now Academi) CEO Erik; Eileen (Ellens); and Emilie (Wierda).
[8] According to the 1910 U.S. Census, Chicago Ward 33, Cook County, Illinois, Edgar's paternal grandparents were living in a marriage of 4 years.
The head of household was Garret Prince, age 25, shipping clerk at a paint factory, who immigrated in 1888 and was naturalized.