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Robert Paxton McCulloch (May 11, – February 25, ) was an American entrepreneur from Missouri, best known for McCulloch chainsaws and purchasing the....
Robert P. McCulloch
American industrial entrepreneur (1911–1977)
This article is about the Missourian entrepreneur.
Born in in Missouri, McCulloch inherited a fortune from his grandfather at the age of 14 and was thus able to attend Princeton and Stanford to pursue a.
For the St. Louis County, Missouri prosecuting attorney, see Bob McCulloch (prosecutor).
Robert Paxton McCulloch (May 11, 1911 – February 25, 1977) was an American entrepreneur from Missouri, best known for McCulloch chainsaws and purchasing the "New" London Bridge, which he moved to Lake Havasu City, Arizona—one of the cities he founded.
Biography
Robert Paxton McCulloch was born May 11, 1911, in Missouri to Richard McCulloch and Mary Grace Beggs.[1] His grandfather, John I. Beggs, made his fortune by implementing Thomas Edison's electrical powerplants in cities around the world, manufacturing and selling electric trolley cars, and founding Milwaukee's public utility system.
McCulloch, along with his two siblings, inherited his grandfather's fortune in 1925.[2]
Two years after he graduated from Stanford University, he married Bar