Former President & COO of Lamb Weston, Bobby Horowitz, Passes Away at 71
Horowitz appeared on our July 2000 cover for a story about Lamb Weston's innovation under his leadership.
Robert Steven (Bobby) Horowitz, age 71, Atlanta native, resident of Nevada and part-time in California, died in a riptide accident in Sarasota, Florida, Tuesday, June 9. An internationally recognized leader in the food industry, he revolutionized new food products and introduced novel ways to produce and market them. A committed philanthropist, he also practiced the Golden Rule in his business management and personal lives.
He graduated in 1970 from University of Georgia School of Business and earned a law degree from Emory University in 1973. He practiced law briefly in Decatur, then joined his father, Maurice Horowitz, at M.K. Horowitz Company, a pioneering frozen food brokerage founded in 1948. He helped build the company into a regional powerhouse prior to its sale in the mid-1980s.