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Engaged. Eleanor Morris McCormick, 23, elder daughter of Robert Hall McCormick II, great-grandniece of the late great Cyrus McCormick; and Sargent Collier, 33, House Beautiful staff writer...
Roosevelt & Son financed Cyrus Field's first transatlantic cable, floated James J. Hill's first railroad bonds and gained the undying enmity of Jay Gould for refusing to play his slippery games. In late years the firm has practically withdrawn from the underwriting field to specialize as a dealer in railroad and municipal issues. But what lifted Roosevelt & Son above the run-of-the-mill Wall Street houses was its unbiased investment counsel. Its clientele consisted largely of institutions, wealthy individuals and estates which turned over their portfolios to Roosevelt management. And Roosevelt management was good...
...turn of the century the late Cyrus Hall McCormick was looking for a cashier for his reaper company. He sent an emissary to fetch George Ranney, 24, a teller in the Chicago branch of the Bank of Montreal. Said young Ranney: "If Mr. McCormick wants to see me. let him come over to the bank." So the great Cyrus, in his sideburns and full dignity, marched into the bank and took Teller Ranney away with him. In time Mr. Ranney became Harvester's financial expert, was given credit for Harvester's lucid financial statements, became (and still...
...Fortnight ago when Alexander Legge, strolling in the garden of his home at suburban Hinsdale, Ill. was stricken dead by a heart attack, he left vacant the presidency of International Harvester Co. Last week Harvester's Chairman Cyrus H. McCormick said to his directors: "Among the many things for which our company must always be grateful to Alexander Legge is the fact that he built up and bequeathed to us a strong organization of able, trained and loyal men." The directors had no difficulty in deciding which of those men should succeed Mr. Legge. They named Addis Emmet MeKinstry...
...Rossiter 122 Henry Greenleaf Pearson, Jr. 119 William Thomas Piper, Jr. 109 Henry Ehrlich, 2d 91 John Parker Hale Chandler, Jr. 76 Harry Morris Plotkin 55 ALBUM COMMITTEE *David Weld 299 *James Parton 219 *Sidney Carroll 217 *Gordon Chase Streeter 210 *Henry Charles Thacher 175 George Huntington Damon 167 Cyrus Leo Sulzberger 152 Richard Lawrence Stites 142 Robert Blaine Murray, Jr. 132 Daniel Wortham Litscher 110 CLASS DAY COMMITTEE *David Bradley Cheek 251 *Paul deBarsy deGive 242 *Frederick Greeley Crocker 218 *Warren Albert Casey 196 *George Gore 195 *Eddy James Rogers 195 *David Eli Kopans 194 Robert Satterlee Hurlbut...