Name Greenlaw Grupe | ||
Greenlaw "Fritz" Grupe, Jr. is Chairman and founder of The Grupe Company located in Stockton, California. Mr. Grupe is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and has served on a number of councils and boards including the Urban Land Institute as a former President, University of the Pacific (United States) as a former regent, and Founding Chair on the University of California, Merced.
As of 2005, Mr. Grupe serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at U.C. Berkeley, and was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to the 26-member California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley. Fritz is listed as a registered Republican.
Personal
Fritz is an active competitor in the equestrian sport of Combined Driving and can be see in pictures at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. He won the US Singles Championship in 2010 with a German warmblood named Travis.
Fritz has been married to his wife Phyllis for over 54 years and together they have four children and 19 grandchildren. Both Fritz and Phyllis have been incredibly influential in the rebuilding and beautification of downtown Stockton. Phyllis Grupe began a non profit that services families in the San Joaquin county called " Community Partnership for Families". In 2011 alone the organization brought back over $14 million in tax returns to the Valley via the VITA (volunteer income tax assistance program).