- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Lewis H. Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation
1929 - 1946
Construction & Real Estate
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1894
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | Iowa State University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1894 - 1951 |
| Birthplace | Iowa (IA) |
| Race | White |
Under Brown’s leadership, Johns-Manville became the world’s largest producer of asbestos building materials, insulation, and allied products. Brown instituted both collective bargaining and the eight-hour day/forty hour week for management. Brown also began the practice of surveying employees’ attitudes to determine future company policies.