BORN: June 5, 1912, in Chicago.  Moved to Florida in 1964.
EDUCATION: Graduated from the University of Chicago in 1932.
BUSINESS: Founded Tractor Supply Co., a nationwide farm implement retail chain,
and built a 27-bank holding company he later sold to Bank of America.
PHILANTROPHY: Donated millions of dollars to Florida Atlantic University, the
city of Boca Raton, Northwestern University, Boca Raton Community Hospital
and others.
DIED: May 1, 1996 at the age of 83.

The Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center at Florida Atlantic University on the Boca Raton campus is a world-class center of medical and scientific education.  The 90,000-square-foot facility houses classrooms and research laboratories, as well as, a graduate teaching center for training physicians and other doctoral-level students in the sciences. 

You may  click here  to visit the website at FAU, home of the new Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Program.

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