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...eloquent prophet, a faithful practitioner of industrial virtue is Boardchairman George Matthew Verity of American Rolling Mill Co. Son of a circuit-riding Methodist minister, Steelman Verity was born 72 years ago in East Liberty, Ohio, married his boss's daughter, was Armco's president for 30 years, until he made way in 1930 for Charles R. Hook, Armco's present president.† George Verity's late years have been full of honors. Miami University in Oxford, Ohio gave him an LL.D. degree in 1925. Last year Middletown, Ohio, Armco's home town, declared...
Engaged. Ella Sturgis Pillsbury, daughter of Boardchairman John Sargent Pillsbury of Pillsbury Flour Mills Co.; and Thomas Manville Crosby, son of Vice President Franklin Muzzy Crosby of General Mills, Inc. (flour) ; in Minneapolis...
...more than one-half is President Alexander Calder, known to his subordinates as "Sandy," though greying hair reveals his 50 years. As a Union Bag salesman, not long out of St. Lawrence University, he bagged the Woolworth 5?-&-10? stores account, which was a springboard to a vice-presidency. Boardchairman and one of Union Bag's big stockholders is old Philanthropist August Heckscher...
...modern cathedrals are not built by small fry. To Pittsburgh's potent industrialists Chancellor Bowman had to turn for the huge chunks of cash which his dream demands. His trustees include Andrew William Mellon and his nephew Richard, Oilman Joseph Clifton Trees, Foodman Howard Heinz. Westinghouse Boardchairman Andrew Wells Robertson, Banker Henry Clay McEldowney, Steelman Ernest Tener Weir...
...relished the idea of having Inventor Zerk tearing his thick black mane at directors' meetings, a temporary coalition was formed to defeat the Zerk slate with one exception. To soothe Mr. Zerk's temper, they made one of his candidates, Robert James Graham of Belleville, Ontario, boardchairman of Stewart-Wrarner...