Richard J. Fox

Richard James Fox (November 8, 1927 – February 9, 2020) was an American property developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

[1] Fox enlisted in the Navy to serve in World War II, where he learned how to fly, which became a lifelong passion of his.

He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1950, where he received a bachelor of science degree in engineering.

[3][6] He served as its Chairman for 17 years from 1982 to 1999, when the Fox School of Business and Management was named in his honor.

[3] Fox died from natural causes on February 9, 2020, in his Center City Philadelphia apartment at the age of 92.