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Kenneth S. Adams
Phillips Petroleum Company, 1938–1951

Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank, 1930–1953

Howard L. Aller
American Power and Light Company, 1935–1951

Beatrice F. Auerbach
G. Fox & Company, 1938–1965

Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery, Ward and Company, 1936–1955

Stephen D. Bechtel
Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960

Garner A. Beckett
American Cement Corporation, 1936–1957

Arnold O. Beckman
Beckman Instruments, 1935–1982

Sosthenes Behn
International Telephone and Telegraph, 1933–1956

Robert F. Bensinger
Brunswick, 1930–1963

John D. Biggers
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, 1930–1953

Harold Boeschenstein
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company, 1938–1963

J. Chadbourn Bolles
Chadbourn, 1936–1970

Thomas E. Braniff
Braniff Airways, 1930–1954

Alvin G. Brush
American Home Products, 1935–1965

Arde Bulova
Bulova Watch Company, 1930–1958

Leo Burnett
Leo Burnett Company, 1935–1971

Curtis L. Carlson
Gold Bond Stamp Company / Carlson Companies, 1938–1998

Louis S. Cates
Phelps-Dodge Company, 1930–1947

Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1935–1948

Samuel B. Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1933–1938

John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company, 1939–1953

Herman Cone II
Cone Mills Corporation, 1938–1950

Charles L. Coughlin
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, 1935–1970

Frederick C. Crawford
Thompson Products, 1933–1958

Richard J. Cullen
International Paper Company, 1936–1948

Bernard M. Culver
Continental Insurance Company, 1932–1946

Nathan Cummings
Consolidated Foods, 1939–1975

C. Donald Dallas
Revere Copper and Brass, 1931–1947

Richard R. Deupree
Procter & Gamble Company, 1930–1948

Alfred B. Dick Jr.
A. B. Dick and Company, 1934–1947

Arthur C. Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company, 1930–1946

Willard H. Dow
Dow Chemical Corporation, 1930–1947

Victor Emanuel
AVCO, 1939–1960

Max (Francis) Factor, Jr.
Max Factor Company, 1938–1973

Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation, 1935–1953

William S. Farish
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1937–1942

Herman G. Fisher
Fisher-Price Toy Company, 1930–1966

Clarence Francis
General Foods Corporation, 1935–1943

Jack Frye
Trans-World Airlines, 1934–1947

Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Company, 1933–1957

Ernest Gallo
Gallo (E. & J.) Winery, 1933–1993

Arthur G. Gaston
Booker T. Washington Insurance, 1932–1987

Lawrence M. Giannini
Bank of America, 1936–1952

Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation, 1930–1937

Albert H. Gordon
Kidder, Peabody Group, 1931–1968

James A. Gray, Jr.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1935–1949

Robert E. Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1934–1956

Ray W. Herrick
Tecumseh Products, 1930–1972

Leon Hess
Amerada Hess, 1933–1995

Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins Industries, 1930–1952

Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation, 1935–1948

Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Company, 1930–1948

Amory Houghton
Corning Glass Company, 1930–1960

Howard R. Hughes, Jr.
Hughes Aircraft Company, 1933–1976

Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt Oil Company, 1936–1974

Robert W. Johnson, Jr.
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1932–1938

Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1933–1939

Daniel C. Keefe
Ingersoll-Rand Company, 1936–1954

Kaufman T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation, 1935–1950

John S. (Jack) Knight
Knight-Ridder Corporation, 1933–1969

Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler Company, 1937–1968

Edwin H. Land
Polaroid Corporation, 1937–1980

William P. Lear
Lear, 1939–1967

Eli Lilly II
Eli Lilly & Company, 1932–1969

Leroy A. Lincoln
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1936–1951

Daniel K. Ludwig
National Bulk Carriers, 1936–1987

John H. MacMillan, Jr.
Cargill, 1936–1960

David H. McConnell, Jr.
Avon Products, 1937–1944

James S. McDonnell
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 1939–1967

Richard K. Mellon
Mellon National Bank, 1934–1946

Theodore G. Montague
Borden, 1937–1955

Ernest E. Norris
Southern Railway System, 1937–1952

John K. Northrop
Northrop Aircraft, 1937–1959

David Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company, 1939–1968

William A. Patterson
United Airlines, 1934–1963

Milton J. Petrie
Petrie Stores, 1932–1993

Elmer F. Pierson
The Vendo Company, 1937–1974

Robert A. Pinkerton II
Pinkerton's, 1930–1966

Charles H. Revson
Revlon, 1932–1974

Edward V. Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines, 1938–1953

Willard F. Rockwell
Rockwell International, 1933–1967

Henry A. Roemer
Sharon Steel Corporation, 1931–1957

James W. Rouse
Rouse Company, 1939–1979

Joseph P. Routh
Pittston Company, 1939–1976

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Margaret F. Rudkin

Pepperidge Farm, 1937–1960

Margaret F. Rudkin
Pepperidge Farm, 1937–1960

David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America, 1930–1966

John G. Searle
Searle (G. D.) and Company, 1936–1972

Robert F. Six
Continental Airlines, 1938–1980

Matthew S. Sloan
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, 1933–1944

Cyrus R. Smith
American Airlines, 1934–1968

Joseph P. Spang, Jr.
Gillette Company, 1938–1955

Harold Stanley
Morgan, Stanley and Company, 1935–1955

Elbridge H. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1932–1971

Gustavus F. Swift, Jr.
Swift and Company, 1931–1937

Joe C. Thompson, Jr.
Southland Corporation, 1931–1961

Erwin C. Uihlein
Schlitz Brewing Company, 1933–1961

Guy W. Vaughan
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company, 1935–1949

Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
Walgreen Company, 1939–1969

Dwane L. Wallace
Cessna Aircraft Company, 1936–1975

Walter H. Wheeler, Jr.
Pitney-Bowes, 1938–1971

Carl E. Wickman
Greyhound Corporation, 1930–1946

Langbourne M. Williams, Jr.
Freeport Sulphur Company, 1933–1958

Horace C. Wright
Sunbeam Corporation, 1935–1961

Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, 1937–1954

Samuel M. Zemurray
United Fruit Company, 1938–1951

Heavy government influence; Great Depression; union progress; technology adaptation; migration

Demographics
Influence: Medium-Low: Westward migration of midwestern farmers and laborers for employment and better climate

Massive dust storms uproot millions

Smallest ten-year increase in population: 123-132 million

Full Century

Technology
Influence: Medium: Advances in aviation

Nylon

Fiberglass

Instant photography

Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential

Full Century

Social Mores
Influence: Medium: Escapism in radio serials

Prohibition repealed

Golden age of movies

Full Century

Government Intervention
Influence: High: The New Deal

Commercial and investment banking separated

Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures

Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance

SEC established

Federal regulations prohibit false advertising

Full Century

Labor
Influence: High: Unemployment peaks at 25%

Unions surge, adding 7 million members in a single year

Sit-down strikes at GM and other auto makers

Government work programs launched: CCC, PWA, WPA

CIO union created

NLRB created

Fair Labor Standards Act sets minimum wage

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Global Events
Influence: Medium-Low: Increased tariff protection through Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Continued isolationism

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