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