Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-07

Corporation: r. p. Mount. 81. president
of the Advance Rumely Co., and Joseph
B. Terbell, 81, president OF the Amert-
can Brake Shoe and Foundry.
The non-college men from 90 to 10
are Henry i. Doherty, so, president OF
Cities Service: w. G. Durant, 90, one
time president Of General Motors;
Amadeo p. Giannini. 80, California
branch banker; Otto II. Kahn. 50,
member Of Kuhn, Loeb q Co.; G. w.
Nash. 66, chairman of the Nash Motor
Car Co.; Julius Rosenwald, SO, chair
man of the board of Sears, Roebuck d.
Co.; Silas r. Strawn, 81, chairman OF
the board of Montgomery, Ward & Co.:
william H. Todd, So president Of the
Todd Shipbuilding Corporation; Will
liam Wrigley, jr.. SO, chairman OF the
James A. Farrell ST, chairman OF the
board of the United States Steel Cor
poration; Louis F. Swift, So, president
of Swift q Co.; Charles B. Seger, IS.
formerly chairman of the board of the
United States Rubber Co.: Clarence M.
Woolley, 81, chairman of the American
Radiator Co.; Edwin 2. Brown. 81, pres
ident of the United Shoe Machinery
Co.: Harvey 8. Firestone, 81. Chairman
of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.:
Charles A. Whelan, 81, president OF the
Whelan Drug Co., and Henry Ford, Sc.
chairman of the Ford Motor Co.
From 20 TO 90.
The 10 TO 30 year old class are
strongly college group. The colleg1ans
are Gilbert Colgate, 70, president OF the
Colgate Co.; Samuel insult, II. chair
man of the board Of the Middle West
Utilities Corporation: Robert W. Kelley.
r. chairman of the board Of the Amer
lean Ice Co.; Darwin F. Kingsley, 73
president OF the New York Life 1nsur-
ance Co.. John Fl. Kirby. 20, president
of the Kirby Lumber Co.; Henry II.
Westinghouse, n, chairman of the board
of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co.:
Cyrus H. Mccormick, II, chairman OF
the International Harvester Co.; e. M
Herr, 10, president of the Westinghouse
Electric Corporation: Robert S, Bradley,
rs, chairman of the board of the Amer
lean Agricultural Chemical Co.; VIII
liam L. Saunders, IA, chairman of the
Ingersoll Rand Co., and Samuel Vau-
CLAIM, IA, president of the Baldwin Lc-
connective Works.
The non-collegians are G. D. Hast
ings, u, chairman of the board of the
Hupp Motor Car Co.; Bernhard H. Kro-
ger, TO- Kroger Grocery Corporation;
George Eastman, rs, chairman Of the
board of the Eastman Kodak Co.;
Charles S. Woolworth, IA, chairman OF
the F. w. Woolworth Co.; Arthur L.
Humphrey, 10. president of the West
inghouse Air Brake Co.; James H. Post,
II, chairman of the Cuban American
Sugar Corporation, and John A. Top
ping, TO- chairman of the Republic Iron
and Steel Works.
Neither of the two executives of more
than 80 is a college man. They are
Cyrus H. K Curtis, 80, president of the
Curtis Publishing Co. who went to
grammar school and then sold news
papers, and E. T Bedford, 81, president
of the Corn Products Refining Co., who
went to an academy.
The dean of them all in this compila-
ton is George F. Baker, 90, chairman
of the board of the First National Bank
of New York. He had little schooling
before starting out as a grocery boy.
If the age figures of these executives
are a fair index, they would seem to
indicate that the flower of American
leadership reaches effective bloom be-
tween SO and 20. OF course, some ex-
ceptional executives reach the heights
in their soc and 40s. Just as eXcep-
tional as are those above 10 or 80 or 30
who continue to, lead and dominate.
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