John C. York (born April 18, 1949) is a retired American cancer research pathologist, married to Marie Denise DeBartolo York, and former co-owner and current co-chairman of the

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.San Francisco Gate: "The Family Business / 49ers owner talks of her brother, her privacy and her priorities" by Nancy Gay
September 1, 2000

Career

York was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The son of John Clement York, a dentist who died when York was 15, York grew up in Little Rock and attended local schools until college. He graduated from the

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in 1971. He received a doctorate in blood pathology from Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago in 1975, and engaged in seven years of post-doctoral study, specializing in the laboratory diagnosis of lymphoma and leukemia. York left academia to establish DeYor Laboratories in

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. In 1993, he sold DeYor Laboratories to Corning Inc. York has made a number of contributions in the medical field, having given a $1.5 million contribution to establish an Endowed Chair in Pathology and an Endowed Chief Residency in Pathology at the

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. In 1999, he donated a science and math building to

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, his alma mater. He also joined

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and an anonymous donor in donating $10 million to the school. On December 28, 2008, John and Denise York announced that their son,

Jed York John Edward "Jed" York (born March 9, 1981) is an American businessman who is the CEO of the San Francisco 49ers NFL franchise. York is the son of Denise DeBartolo York and John York, and nephew of former 49ers owner Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. Ea ...

, would become team president and operating head of the franchise, while they would become co-chairpersons responsible for providing resources and maintaining their role of interacting with other owners and NFL executives. John continues to serve as chairman of the NFL's International Committee and also sits on the league's Audit and Business Ventures Committees. On May 24, 2018, the York family via 49ers Enterprises (the 49ers' business arm) bought shares in English soccer club

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to become a minority investor.

References

External links

Profile at official 49ers websiteProfile at ''San Francisco Chronicle'' website
1949 births University of Notre Dame alumni Loyola University Chicago alumni Vanderbilt University alumni Living people San Francisco 49ers owners DeBartolo family {{Amfoot-bio-stub