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FORTUNE Magazine
JULY 3, 1989
A DIRECTORY OF THE LAUREATES
LOOKING AHEAD
From Ben Franklin to Ross Perot, each of these 120 people has won a
place in the national Business Hall of Fame.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790)
Printer, publisher, writer
GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
Surveyor, land manager, farmer
ELI WHITNEY (1976-1825)
Mass-produced on a new principle
FRANCIS CABOT LOWELL (1775-1817)
Started textiles in Waltham, Massachusetts
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT (1794-1877)
Boats, ships, trains, and high finance
ALEXANDER T. STEWARD (1803-1876)
A retailer: "One price for all"
JOHN DEERE (1804-1886)
Beat plows from steel
J. EDGAR THOMSON (1808-1874)
Reduced costs at Pennsylvania Railroad
CYRUS H. MCCORMICK (1809-1884)
Patented and guaranteed the reaper
CYRUS W. FIELD (1819-1892)
Force behind transatlantic cable
HENRY M. FLAGLER (1803-1913)
Oilman, developer
FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER (1834-1914)
Bought 900,000 acres of timberland
ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919)
Cost account, steel producer
J. PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913)
Railroader, financier, steelman
JAMES J. HILL (1838-1916)
Built railroad empire
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (1839-1937)
Created Standard Oil Co.
JOHN H. PATTERSON (1844-1922)
Master salesman of National cash registers
H. J. HEINZ (1844-1919)
Found profits in ketchup bottles
THEODORE N. VAIL (1845-1920)
Developed "universal" telephone system
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE (1846-1914)
Founded 60 companies, held 400 patents
THOMAS A. EDISON (1847-1931)
Perfected electric light
JACOB H. SCHIFF (1847-1920)
Financier and banker
EDWARD H. HARRIMAN (1848-1909)
Financed and ran Union Pacific
ROBERT J. KLEBERG SR. (1853-1932)
Took King Ranch to prominence
GEORGE EASTMAN (1854-1932)
Built Eastman Kodak
KING C. GILLETTE (1855-1932)
Invented the safety razor
ANDREW W. MELLON (1855-1937)
Led family bank in industrial age
MILTON S. HERSHEY (1857-1945)
The king of chocolate
ADOLPH S. OCHS (1858-1935)
Mastermind of the New York Times
W. K. KELLOGG (1860-1951)
Found gold in corn flakes
WILLIAM COOPER PROCTER (1862-1934)
Skilled manager of people at P&G
CHARLES M. SCHWAB (1862-1939)
Bought and revived Bethlehem Steel
LEO H. BAEKELAND (1863-1944)
Father of plastics industry
HENRY FORD (1863-1947)
Founded Ford Motor Co.
ARTHUR VINING DAVIS (1867-1962)
Builder of Alcoa
HARVEY S. FIRESTONE (1868-1938)
Started Firestone Tire
PIERRE S. DU PONT (1870-1954)
Made Du Pont a modern corporation
A. P. GIANNINI (1870-1949)
Pioneer at Bank of America
CHARLES C. SPAULDING (1874-1952)
Led North Carolina Mutual Life
OWEN D. YOUNG (1874-1962)
Gave GE professional management
WALTER P. CHRYSLER (1875-1940)
Left GM to start his own company
J. C. PENNEY (1875-1971)
Founder of the chain store
ALFRED P. SLOAN JR. (1875-1966)
Brought scientific management to GM
WILLIS H. CARRIER (1876-1950)
Perfected air conditioning
CHARLES F. KETTERING (1876-1958)
GM's "monkey wrench scientist"
GEORGE J. MECHERLE (1877-1951)
Founded State Farm Insurance
FLORENCE N. GRAHAM (1878-1976)
Her other name: Elizabeth Arden
ROBERT E. WOOD (1879-1969)
Remade Sears Roebuck
ALBERT D. LASKER (1880-1952)
Creative advertising man
WILLIAM E. BOEING (1881-1956)
Founded Boeing Co.
HENRY J. KAISER (1882-1967)
Made cars, ships and steel
CHARLES E. MERRILL (1885-1956)
Brought Wall Street to Main Street
CONRAD N. HILTON (1887-1979)
Founder of hotel chain
WALTER A. HAAS (1889-1979)
Led Levi Strauss for 42 years
IGOR I. SIKORSKY (1889-1972)
Developed single-rotor helicopter
DEWITT WALLACE (1889-1981)
Started Reader's Digest
LILA ACHESON WALLACE (1889-1984)
Unwrapped DeWitt's genius
ROBERT W. WOODRUFF (1889-1985)
Ran Coca-Cola for 50 years
FREDERICK C. CRAWFORD (1891- )
Made Thompson Products into TRW
JOYCE C. HALL (1891-1982)
Hallmark was his inspiration
ABE PLOUGH (1891-1984)
Started what became Schering-Plough
DAVID SARNOFF (1891-1971)
Master of radio and TV
DONALD W. DOUGLAS (1892-1981)
Founded Douglas Aircraft
BENJAMIN GRAHAM (1894-1976)
Father of security analysis
GEORGE H. HALAS (1895-1983)
Granddaddy of pro football
JOHN J. MCCLOY (1895-1989)
Lawyer, banker, public servant
S. I. NEWHOUSE (1895-1979)
Founded the publishing company
ROYAL LITTLE (1896-1989)
A progenitor of conglomerates
ROSWELL GARST (1898-1977)
Leader in hybrid corn
EDWARD C. JOHNSON II (1898-1984)
Creator of mutual fund industry
HENRY R. LUCE (1898-1967)
Founder of Time, Life, and FORTUNE
GEORGE F. DORIOT (1899-1987)
Shrewd investor in 150 companies
WILLIAM A. PATTERSON (1899-1980)
Made United Airlines passenger-conscious
C. R. SMITH (1899- )
Pioneer at American Airlines
WILLIAM M. ALLEN (1900-1985)
Took Boeing into commercial jets
STEPHEN D. BECHTEL SR. (1900- )
Founder of construction company
ARNOLD O. BECKMAN (1900- )
Started Beckman Industries
M. J. RATHBONE (1900-1976)
Led Exxon's hunt for crude
WALTER E. DISNEY (1901-1966)
Entrepreneur of images
J. ERIK JONSSON (1901- )
Built company that became Texas Instrument
WILLIAM S. PALEY (1901- )
Magic programmer at CBS
OLIVE ANN BEECH (1903- )
Builder of Beech Aircraft
MARVIN BOWER (1903- )
Led McKinsey & Co. for 50 years
RAYMOND A. KROC (1903-1984)
Invented fast food
FORREST MARS (1904- )
Maker of Milky Way and Snickers
JACK C. MASSEY (1904- )
Built Kentucky Fried Chicken
LEONARD H. GOLDENSON (1905- )
Rescuer of American Broadcasting Co.
GEORGE S. MOORE (1905- )
Led Citibank at home and abroad
WILLIAM BLACKIE (1906- )
Leader of Caterpillar Tractor
HARRY B. CUNNINGHAM (1907- )
Revived S.S. Kresge
LESLIE BERNARD KILGORE (1908-1967)
Led Wall Street Journal to fame
ESTEE LAUDER (1908- )
Founded cosmetics concern
WILLIAM M. BATTEN (1909- )
Planted J.C. Penney in suburbia
EDWIN H. LAND (1909- )
The genius at Polaroid
JOSEPH IRWIN MILLER (1909- )
Took Cummins Engine to new markets
WALLACE R. PERSONS (1909- )
Led growth at Emerson Electric
JOSEPH C. WILSON (1909-1971)
Made Xerox a household word
HOWARD J. MORGENS (1910- )
Led P&G to TV
EDWARD E. CARLSON (1911- )
Saved United Airlines
DAVID M. OGILVY (1911- )
Founded agency, took it public
IAN J. MACGREGOR (1912- )
Took Amax into diversified minerals
DAVID PACKARD (1912- )
Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
WILLIAM R. HEWLETT (1913- )
Co-founder of Hewlett Packard
WILLIAM F. LAPORTE (1913- )
Built American Home Products
MALCOLM P. MCLEAN (1913- )
Revolutionized the shipping industry
SIMON RAMO (1913- )
Brilliant scientist at Bunker Ramo
C. KEMMONS WILSON (1913- )
Built the Holiday Inn Chain
TRAMMELL CROW (1914- )
Innovative developer
JAMES W. ROUSE (1914- )
Builder and developer
THOMAS J. WATSON JR. (1914- )
Led IBM's computer revolution
ALDEN J. LABORDE (1915- )
Founded Tidewater Inc.
ROBERT O. ANDERSON (1917- )
Put together Atlantic Richfield
REGINALD H. JONES (1917- )
Shepherded GE through hard times
DONALD T. REGAN (1918- )
Led Merrill Lynch to new fields
JOHN E. SWEARINGEN JR. (1918- )
Remade Standard Oil (Indiana)
DONALD M. KENDALL (1921- )
Made Pepsi into Coca-Cola's peer
T. A. WILSON (1921- )
Led Boeing to preeminence
RENE C. MCPHERSON (1924- )
Made Dana a model company
ROBERT N. NOYCE (1927- )
Invented the silicon chip
H. ROSS PEROT (1930- )
Founded EDS
Source:FORTUNE Magazine, July 3, 1989.