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- <text id=93AC0053>
- <title>
- Directory of Business Laureates
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics
- Corporations
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Almanac</source>
- <hdr>
- FORTUNE Magazine
- A DIRECTORY OF THE LAUREATES
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>LOOKING AHEAD
- </p>
- <p> From Ben Franklin to Ross Perot, each of these 120 people has won
- a place in the national Business Hall of Fame.
- </p>
- <table>
- <row><cell>BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790)
- <cell>Printer, publisher, writer
- <row><cell>GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
- <cell>Surveyor, land manager, farmer
- <row><cell>ELI WHITNEY (1976-1825)
- <cell>Mass-produced on a new principle
- <row><cell>FRANCIS CABOT LOWELL (1775-1817)
- <cell>Started textiles in Waltham, Massachusetts
- <row><cell>CORNELIUS VANDERBILT (1794-1877)
- <cell>Boats, ships, trains, and high finance
- <row><cell>ALEXANDER T. STEWARD (1803-1876)
- <cell>A retailer: "One price for all"
- <row><cell>JOHN DEERE (1804-1886)
- <cell>Beat plows from steel
- <row><cell>J. EDGAR THOMSON (1808-1874)
- <cell>Reduced costs at Pennsylvania Railroad
- <row><cell>CYRUS H. MCCORMICK (1809-1884)
- <cell>Patented and guaranteed the reaper
- <row><cell>CYRUS W. FIELD (1819-1892)
- <cell>Force behind transatlantic cable
- <row><cell>HENRY M. FLAGLER (1803-1913)
- <cell>Oilman, developer
- <row><cell>FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER (1834-1914)
- <cell>Bought 900,000 acres of timberland
- <row><cell>ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919)
- <cell>Cost account, steel producer
- <row><cell>J. PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913)
- <cell>Railroader, financier, steelman
- <row><cell>JAMES J. HILL (1838-1916)
- <cell>Built railroad empire
- <row><cell>JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (1839-1937)
- <cell>Created Standard Oil Co.
- <row><cell>JOHN H. PATTERSON (1844-1922)
- <cell>Master salesman of National cash registers
- <row><cell>H. J. HEINZ (1844-1919)
- <cell>Found profits in ketchup bottles
- <row><cell>THEODORE N. VAIL (1845-1920)
- <cell>Developed "universal" telephone system
- <row><cell>GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE (1846-1914)
- <cell>Founded 60 companies, held 400 patents
- <row><cell>THOMAS A. EDISON (1847-1931)
- <cell>Perfected electric light
- <row><cell>JACOB H. SCHIFF (1847-1920)
- <cell>Financier and banker
- <row><cell>EDWARD H. HARRIMAN (1848-1909)
- <cell>Financed and ran Union Pacific
- <row><cell>ROBERT J. KLEBERG SR. (1853-1932)
- <cell>Took King Ranch to prominence
- <row><cell>GEORGE EASTMAN (1854-1932)
- <cell>Built Eastman Kodak
- <row><cell>KING C. GILLETTE (1855-1932)
- <cell>Invented the safety razor
- <row><cell>ANDREW W. MELLON (1855-1937)
- <cell>Led family bank in industrial age
- <row><cell>MILTON S. HERSHEY (1857-1945)
- <cell>The king of chocolate
- <row><cell>ADOLPH S. OCHS (1858-1935)
- <cell>Mastermind of the New York Times
- <row><cell>W. K. KELLOGG (1860-1951)
- <cell>Found gold in corn flakes
- <row><cell>WILLIAM COOPER PROCTER (1862-1934)
- <cell>Skilled manager of people at P & G
- <row><cell>CHARLES M. SCHWAB (1862-1939)
- <cell>Bought and revived Bethlehem Steel
- <row><cell>LEO H. BAEKELAND (1863-1944)
- <cell>Father of plastics industry
- <row><cell>HENRY FORD (1863-1947)
- <cell>Founded Ford Motor Co.
- <row><cell>ARTHUR VINING DAVIS (1867-1962)
- <cell>Builder of Alcoa
- <row><cell>HARVEY S. FIRESTONE (1868-1938)
- <cell>Started Firestone Tire
- <row><cell>PIERRE S. DU PONT (1870-1954)
- <cell>Made Du Pont a modern corporation
- <row><cell>A. P. GIANNINI (1870-1949)
- <cell>Pioneer at Bank of America
- <row><cell>JOHN T. DORRANCE (1873-1930)
- <cell>Campbell Soup
- <row><cell>CHARLES C. SPAULDING (1874-1952)
- <cell>Led North Carolina Mutual Life
- <row><cell>OWEN D. YOUNG (1874-1962)
- <cell>Gave GE professional management
- <row><cell>WALTER P. CHRYSLER (1875-1940)
- <cell>Left GM to start his own company
- <row><cell>J. C. PENNEY (1875-1971)
- <cell>Founder of the chain store
- <row><cell>ALFRED P. SLOAN JR. (1875-1966)
- <cell>Brought scientific management to GM
- <row><cell>WILLIS H. CARRIER (1876-1950)
- <cell>Perfected air conditioning
- <row><cell>CHARLES F. KETTERING (1876-1958)
- <cell>GM's "monkey wrench scientist"
- <row><cell>GEORGE J. MECHERLE (1877-1951)
- <cell>Founded State Farm Insurance
- <row><cell>FLORENCE N. GRAHAM (1878-1976)
- <cell>Her other name: Elizabeth Arden
- <row><cell>ROBERT E. WOOD (1879-1969)
- <cell>Remade Sears Roebuck
- <row><cell>ALBERT D. LASKER (1880-1952)
- <cell>Creative advertising man
- <row><cell>WILLIAM E. BOEING (1881-1956)
- <cell>Founded Boeing Co.
- <row><cell>HENRY J. KAISER (1882-1967)
- <cell>Made cars, ships and steel
- <row><cell>CHARLES E. MERRILL (1885-1956)
- <cell>Brought Wall Street to Main Street
- <row><cell>CONRAD N. HILTON (1887-1979)
- <cell>Founder of hotel chain
- <row><cell>JAMES E. CASEY (1888-1983)
- <cell>United Parcel Service
- <row><cell>WALTER A. HAAS (1889-1979)
- <cell>Led Levi Strauss for 42 years
- <row><cell>IGOR I. SIKORSKY (1889-1972)
- <cell>Developed single-rotor helicopter
- <row><cell>DEWITT WALLACE (1889-1981)
- <cell>Started Reader's Digest
- <row><cell>LILA ACHESON WALLACE (1889-1984)
- <cell>Unwrapped DeWitt's genius
- <row><cell>ROBERT W. WOODRUFF (1889-1985)
- <cell>Ran Coca-Cola for 50 years
- <row><cell>FREDERICK C. CRAWFORD (1891- )
- <cell>Made Thompson Products into TRW
- <row><cell>JOYCE C. HALL (1891-1982)
- <cell>Hallmark was his inspiration
- <row><cell>ABE PLOUGH (1891-1984)
- <cell>Started what became Schering-Plough
- <row><cell>DAVID SARNOFF (1891-1971)
- <cell>Master of radio and TV
- <row><cell>DONALD W. DOUGLAS (1892-1981)
- <cell>Founded Douglas Aircraft
- <row><cell>BENJAMIN GRAHAM (1894-1976)
- <cell>Father of security analysis
- <row><cell>GEORGE H. HALAS (1895-1983)
- <cell>Granddaddy of pro football
- <row><cell>JOHN J. MCCLOY (1895-1989)
- <cell>Lawyer, banker, public servant
- <row><cell>S. I. NEWHOUSE (1895-1979)
- <cell>Founded the publishing company
- <row><cell>ROYAL LITTLE (1896-1989)
- <cell>A progenitor of conglomerates
- <row><cell>ROSWELL GARST (1898-1977)
- <cell>Leader in hybrid corn
- <row><cell>EDWARD C. JOHNSON II (1898-1984)
- <cell>Creator of mutual fund industry
- <row><cell>HENRY R. LUCE (1898-1967)
- <cell>Founder of Time, Life, and FORTUNE
- <row><cell>GEORGE F. DORIOT (1899-1987)
- <cell>Shrewd investor in 150 companies
- <row><cell>WILLIAM A. PATTERSON (1899-1980)
- <cell>Made United Airlines passenger-conscious
- <row><cell>C. R. SMITH (1899- )
- <cell>Pioneer at American Airlines
- <row><cell>WILLIAM M. ALLEN (1900-1985)
- <cell>Took Boeing into commercial jets
- <row><cell>STEPHEN D. BECHTEL SR. (1900- )
- <cell>Founder of construction company
- <row><cell>ARNOLD O. BECKMAN (1900- )
- <cell>Started Beckman Industries
- <row><cell>M. J. RATHBONE (1900-1976)
- <cell>Led Exxon's hunt for crude
- <row><cell>WALTER E. DISNEY (1901-1966)
- <cell>Entrepreneur of images
- <row><cell>J. ERIK JONSSON (1901- )
- <cell>Built company that became Texas Instrument
- <row><cell>WILLIAM S. PALEY (1901- )
- <cell>Magic programmer at CBS
- <row><cell>OLIVE ANN BEECH (1903- )
- <cell>Builder of Beech Aircraft
- <row><cell>MARVIN BOWER (1903- )
- <cell>Led McKinsey & Co. for 50 years
- <row><cell>RAYMOND A. KROC (1903-1984)
- <cell>Invented fast food
- <row><cell>FORREST MARS (1904- )
- <cell>Maker of Milky Way and Snickers
- <row><cell>JACK C. MASSEY (1904- )
- <cell>Built Kentucky Fried Chicken
- <row><cell>LEONARD H. GOLDENSON (1905- )
- <cell>Rescuer of American Broadcasting Co.
- <row><cell>GEORGE S. MOORE (1905- )
- <cell>Led Citibank at home and abroad
- <row><cell>WILLIAM BLACKIE (1906- )
- <cell>Leader of Caterpillar Tractor
- <row><cell>HARRY B. CUNNINGHAM (1907- )
- <cell>Revived S.S. Kresge
- <row><cell>LESLIE BERNARD KILGORE (1908-1967)
- <cell>Led Wall Street Journal to fame
- <row><cell>ESTEE LAUDER (1908- )
- <cell>Founded cosmetics concern
- <row><cell>WILLIAM M. BATTEN (1909- )
- <cell>Planted J.C. Penney in suburbia
- <row><cell>EDWIN H. LAND (1909- )
- <cell>The genius at Polaroid
- <row><cell>JOSEPH IRWIN MILLER (1909- )
- <cell>Took Cummins Engine to new markets
- <row><cell>WALLACE R. PERSONS (1909- )
- <cell>Led growth at Emerson Electric
- <row><cell>JOSEPH C. WILSON (1909-1971)
- <cell>Made Xerox a household word
- <row><cell>HOWARD J. MORGENS (1910- )
- <cell>Led P & G to TV
- <row><cell>EDWARD E. CARLSON (1911- )
- <cell>Saved United Airlines
- <row><cell>DAVID M. OGILVY (1911- )
- <cell>Founded agency, took it public
- <row><cell>IAN J. MACGREGOR (1912- )
- <cell>Took Amax into diversified minerals
- <row><cell>DAVID PACKARD (1912- )
- <cell>Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
- <row><cell>WILLIAM R. HEWLETT (1913- )
- <cell>Co-founder of Hewlett Packard
- <row><cell>WILLIAM F. LAPORTE (1913- )
- <cell>Built American Home Products
- <row><cell>MALCOLM P. MCLEAN (1913- )
- <cell>Revolutionized the shipping industry
- <row><cell>ROBERT MONDAVI (1913- )
- <cell>Robert Mondavi Winery
- <row><cell>SIMON RAMO (1913- )
- <cell>Brilliant scientist at Bunker Ramo
- <row><cell>C. KEMMONS WILSON (1913- )
- <cell>Built the Holiday Inn Chain
- <row><cell>TRAMMELL CROW (1914- )
- <cell>Innovative developer
- <row><cell>JAMES W. ROUSE (1914- )
- <cell>Builder and developer
- <row><cell>THOMAS J. WATSON JR. (1914- )
- <cell>Led IBM's computer revolution
- <row><cell>ALDEN J. LABORDE (1915- )
- <cell>Founded Tidewater Inc.
- <row><cell>ROBERT O. ANDERSON (1917- )
- <cell>Put together Atlantic Richfield
- <row><cell>REGINALD H. JONES (1917- )
- <cell>Shepherded GE through hard times
- <row><cell>DONALD T. REGAN (1918- )
- <cell>Led Merrill Lynch to new fields
- <row><cell>JOHN E. SWEARINGEN JR. (1918- )
- <cell>Remade Standard Oil (Indiana)
- <row><cell>DONALD M. KENDALL (1921- )
- <cell>Made Pepsi into Coca-Cola's peer
- <row><cell>T. A. WILSON (1921- )
- <cell>Led Boeing to preeminence
- <row><cell>ROBERT W. GALVIN (1923- )
- <cell>Motorola
- <row><cell>RENE C. MCPHERSON (1924- )
- <cell>Made Dana a model company
- <row><cell>ROBERT N. NOYCE (1927- )
- <cell>Invented the silicon chip
- <row><cell>DEE HOWARD HOCK (1930- )
- <cell>Visa International
- <row><cell>H. ROSS PEROT (1930- )
- <cell>Founded EDS
- <row><cell>PETER LYNCH (1944- )
- <cell>Fidelity Magellan Fund
- </table>
- <p>Source: FORTUNE Magazine, March 11, 1991.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
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