Word: dubignon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...LUCIUS DUBIGNON CLAY...
professional soldiers who have won star-studded reputations in the postwar business world, the out standing example is General Lucius DuBignon Clay, the compact (5 ft. 9 in., 170 tbs.), hard-driving chairman and chief executive of Continental Can Co. West Pointer ('18) Clay, 62, carried out one of the biggest logistical jobs in history as director of materiel in the Army Service Forces in World War II. After war's end, as commander in chief of U.S. forces in Europe and Military Governor of the U.S. Zone, he directed the reordering and rebuilding of a major segment...
...closing gavel of the hearings of the Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Chairman Lyndon Johnson last week had two prime items to lay before the public. One was the appearance of General Lucius Dubignon Clay, veteran Army engineer, onetime (1947-49) military governor of the U.S. zone in Germany, and longtime close friend of Dwight Eisenhower. The other was a lengthy interim statement written by Senator Johnson and approved by his colleagues that carefully summed up the U.S. defense picture as the committee had found it in 110 days of study...
...Retired four-star General Lucius DuBignon Clay, 59, onetime (1947-49) U.S. Military Governor in Germany, since board chairman of Continental Can Co., old and trusted Ike friend, who probably would resist the job if it were offered...
...Lucius DuBignon Clay, 53, General, U.S.A. (ret.), onetime commander of U.S. forces in Europe and military governor of the U.S. zone in Germany, took over the $96,000-a-year chairmanship of the $250 million Continental Can Co. General Clay resigned last November as president of the Ecusta Paper Corp. after seven weeks' service, when the company was acquired by Olin Industries, whose principal business is the manufacture of cartridges and small arms. Old Soldier Clay thought he should stay out of the munitions business...