Chairman of the Board Emeritus Canteen Corporation (Deceased) – Chicago, Illinois
Patrick L. O’Malley, Chairman Emeritus of the Canteen Corporation since 1981, joined Canteen in 1962 and served as its President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he worked for The Coca-Cola Company as Vice President and General Sales and Marketing Manager. Highly active in the business and civic affairs arena, Mr. O’Malley is the recipient of numerous awards and citations and serves on the boards of Trans World Corporation, Bally Manufacturing Corporation, First Colonial Bankshares, Inc., and is Chairman of the Board of the Michigan Avenue National Bank. He received honorary doctorates from Illinois Benedictine College, Mundelein College, St. Joseph’s College (Indiana), and an honorary Doctor of Science in Business Administration from Bryant College, Providence, Rhode Island. A 1972 recipient of the Horatio Alger award, Mr. O’Malley has been twice named “Sales Marketing Executive of the Year,” has received the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, Restaurateur of the Year and the Award of Lincoln, presented by the Governor of Illinois in 1988. “The greatest contribution business will make to society in the year 2000 and beyond is the freedom of economic choice.”
