Preston Robert Tisch is a person American born on 29 april 1926 at New York City (USA)
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Nationality USABirth 29 april 1926 at New York City (
USA)
Death 15 november 2005 (at 79 years) at New York City (
USA)
Preston Robert "Bob" Tisch (April 29, 1926 – November 15, 2005) was an American businessman who was the chairman and—along with his brother Laurence Tisch—was part owner of the Loews Corporation. Tisch was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in 1926. On August 16, 1986, he was appointed Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, serving until February 1988.
In 1991, Tisch bought a half-stake in the New York Giants football team from Wellington Mara's nephew Tim, who had inherited the share from his father and Wellington's brother Jack upon his death and who was suffering from Hodgkin's disease which would eventually claim his life. Tisch held the share until he died on November 15, 2005 from brain cancer; Tisch's death followed Mara's three weeks earlier from lymphoma. His share of the Giants passed to his son Steve, who co-owns the team with Mara's son John.
Tisch received a BA degree in economics from the University of Michigan in 1948, and his wife Joan Tisch and his daughter also received degrees at the university. While in college Tisch was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu, a Jewish fraternity.