- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Donald H. McLaughlin
Homestake Mining Company
1945 - 1963
Agriculture & Mining
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1891
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | University of California at Berkeley |
| Graduate | MA & PhD Harvard University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1891 - 1984 |
| Birthplace | California (CA) |
| Race | White |
McLaughlin spent 55 years with Homestake Mining creating the largest supplier of gold in the United States. An ardent supporter of the gold standard, McLaughlin was equally adept as both a hands-on miner and a college geology professor. As CEO of Homestake, he consistently produced top-level financial returns.