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Rhoda Pritzker (September 11, 1914–December 23, 2007) was a British-American philanthropist. She was a member of the Pritzker family, one of the wealthiest families in Chicago, through her marriage to lawyer and businessman, Jack Pritzker. The Pritzker family founded the Hyatt hotel chain during the 1950s. ==Personal life== Rhoda Pritzker was born Rhoda Goldberg in 1914 to Jewish parents in Manchester, England.〔 Her parents were Morris Goldberg, a Gilbert and Sullivan circus performer, and Cissie Goldberg, a concert pianist.〔 She did not begin her schooling until she was ten years old due to a case of tuberculosis.〔 She dropped out before completing high school in order to take a position with a newspaper in Southport, Lancashire.〔 She also worked for a number of other British newspapers and the British Broadcasting Corporation at a young age.〔 Goldberg immigrated to the United States in 1939 on one of the last trans-Atlantic passenger ship convoys before the full outbreak of World War II. Pritzker family lore claims that she wore her life preserver throughout the entire length of the voyage due to the constant threat of German U-boat attack.〔 She initially took a job as a blackjack dealer in Reno, Nevada, as part of an assignment for a magazine〔 before landing a position in New York City as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press of Great Britain during World War II.〔 Goldberg met her future husband, Jack Nicholas Pritzker, on a blind date in Manhattan.〔 The couple were married in 1943, shortly after Jack entered the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant, junior grade during World War II.〔 Rhoda and Jack resided in Princeton, New Jersey, and Key West, Florida, during the war.〔 Rhoda volunteered for the Red Cross while living in Key West, beginning her career in philanthropy.〔 Rhoda moved to Chicago with her husband following the end of World War II. Jack Pritzker resumed his career as a lawyer at his law firm, Pritzker and Pritzker.〔 Rhoda continued to work as a freelance journalist after her arrival in Chicago. However, she also became deeply interested in philanthropy. The couple bought a winter home in Casey Key, Florida, in 1970.〔 Rhoda and Jack Pritzker had one son, Nicholas J. Pritzker.〔 Her husband, Jack, died in 1979.〔 Pritzker was known to be a passionate contemporary British art collector. She was a leading supporter of works by such artists as Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and L.S. Lowry.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhoda Pritzker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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