Dan Coborn '52

2002 Fr. Walter Reger Distinguished Alumnus
CEO and Chair of the Board, Coborn's Inc.

Dan Coborn's philanthropic generosity and sense of community has been recognized regionally and nationally, as well as at his alma mater.  With his late brother, Bill (SJU '56), Dan was given the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce's Entrepreneurial Success Award for turning a small family grocery store into one of Central Minnesota's largest employers and model corporate citizen.   Coborn's Inc. also received an award from Newman's Own as being one of the country's most generous companies - an award sponsored by Paul Newman and John F. Kennedy, Jr.  Dan served his alma mater by chairing the local science facilities campaign.