- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Henry S. Wingate
International Nickel Corporation
1954 - 1960
Metals
b. 1905
| Education |  |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Carleton College |
| Graduate | JD, University of Michigan |
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Born-Died | 1905 - 1982 |
| Birthplace | Turkey |
| Race | White |
| Father | Non-Profit / Other |
A corporate lawyer by training, Wingate took over the helm of the Canadian mineral company in the middle of an expansionary period. Wingate presided over the construction of several new nickel-mining facilities as well as the unveiling of a new electrolysis technique that recovered raw nickel from nickel matte. Wingate helped maintainInternational Nickel’s position as one of the world’s leading producers of nickel.