Word: willard
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Mastick Hyde last week was to have made a formal address to 800 agriculturists meeting in Washington. But when the hour arrived he excitedly put away his prepared speech and shouted a warning that "those who did not possess strong stomachs should leave the [Hotel Willard] ballroom." Then, his voice keyed up, tears in his eyes, he proceeded to tell his auditors just what he thought of Russia. Excerpts...
...Jews, Catholics and Protestants who compose The National Council on Religion in Higher Education, under the presidency of Harvard's Theology Dean Willard Learoyd Sperry, last week offered U. S. and Canadian colleges a new, free service-advice on social sciences, chapel, student counseling and any other matter which may have a religious aspect...
...Manhattan he built the Equitable Building (1915), then the world's largest office building; he bought and mutualized Equitable Life Assurance Society. With Lucius Boomer he organized a hotel chain (Manhattan's McAlpen, Waldorf-Astoria, Claridge, Martinique, Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford, Washington's New Willard). In 1916 he was a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination; in 1921 he was appointed U. S. Senator from Delaware by Governor Denny; in 1925 he was elected to the Senate for a six-year term, but retired in 1928 because of his throat. From 1908 to 1930 he was on the Republican National...
...over the meeting was Albert E. Convers, chairman, who has been with the company since its inception. Also at the meeting were Directors G. E. Collings and James T. Pardee, both of whom had been at the first meeting. Unanimously they voted that the presidency should be filled by Willard Henry Dow, Dr. Dow's oldest son. Since 1897 Dow Chemical has prospered phenomenally, made for itself a reputation unique in its industry. In the late 1880's Dr. Dow was a senior at Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland. He learned that the east central part of Michigan...
...idol of Midland. The Dow estate is in the town itself, is open to the public. It consists of 125 acres of lawns, gardens, artificial lakes and cascades. Under his influence Midland became almost a model town as well as a prosperous town. Son Willard Henry Dow is 33, lives in a house on the edge of the Dow Estate. He was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1919, worked as an assistant chemist in the plant for five years. Since 1925 he has been assistant general manager, has seldom traveled far from Midland. His election...