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Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden Company, 1910–1966

Melvin H. Baker
National Gypsum Company, 1928–1951

Frank C. Ball
Ball Brothers Company, 1887–1943

Leon L. Bean
L. L. Bean, 1912–1967

Amos L. Beaty
Texaco, 1920–1926

Eugene N. Beesley
Eli Lilly & Company, 1969–1973

Joseph Boyer
Burroughs Adding Machine Company, 1905–1920

Charles F. Brooker
American Brass Company, 1900–1920

Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railroad, 1919–1932

Asa G. Candler
Coca-Cola Company, 1886–1916

James W. Cannon
Cannon Mills Company, 1887–1921

Willis H. Carrier
Carrier Corporation, 1914–1948

Harry Chandler
Los Angeles Times, 1917–1940

Ralph J. Cordiner
General Electric Company, 1950–1963

Walter E. Disney
Walt Disney Company, 1929–1966

John F. Dryden
Prudential Life Insurance Company, 1881–1911

Ole Evinrude
Outboard Motors Corporation, 1920–1928

Marshall Field
Marshall Field and Company, 1867–1906

Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1900–1932

Donald V. Fites
Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1990–1999

Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company, 1906–1918

Jack Frye
Trans-World Airlines, 1934–1947

Alfred C. Fuller
Fuller Brush Company, 1906–1943

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

Frank E. Gannett
Gannett Company, 1906–1957

Amadeo Peter Giannini
Bank of America, 1904–1936

Maurice R. Greenberg
American International Group, 1967–1989

Paul Henson
United Utilities/Sprint Corporation, 1966–1990

Alonzo B. Hepburn
Chase National Bank, 1904–1911

Milton S. Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Company, 1900–1941

Charles E. Hires
Charles E. Hires Company, 1890–1918

Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt Oil Company, 1936–1974

James W. Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1910–1932

Robert W. Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1885–1910

David W. Johnson
Campbell Soup Company, 1990–1997

Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1933–1939

W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Company, 1940–1953

Kaufman T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation, 1935–1950

Donald M. Kendall
PepsiCo, 1963–1986

Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company, 1906–1930

James L. Kraft
Kraft (J. L.) Brothers and Company, 1909–1953

Alexander Legge
International Harvester Corporation, 1922–1933

William C. MacInnes
TECO Energy, 1954–1967

John W. Marriott
Marriott-Hot Shoppes, 1927–1972

Clayton L. Mathile
The Iams Company, 1981–1999

Frederick L. Maytag
Maytag Corporation, 1909–1921

David H. McConnell
Avon Products, 1886–1937

James H. McGraw
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1899–1928

James O. McKinsey
McKinsey & Company, 1925–1937

William L. McKnight
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1929–1949

Malcolm P. McLean
Sea-Land Service, 1956–1969

George J. Mecherle
State Farm Insurance, 1922–1937

Frank A. Munsey
Munsey Publishing House, 1882–1925

Charles W. Nash
Nash Motors Company, 1916–1932

William Nickerson, Jr.
Golden State Insurance, 1924–1945

William C. Norris
Control Data Corporation, 1957–1986

Harrison G. Otis
Los Angeles Times, 1886–1917

John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company, 1884–1921

Joseph N. Pew
Sun Oil Company, 1880–1912

Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company, 1917–1938

Alexander M. Poniatoff
Ampex Corporation, 1944–1955

Andrew W. Preston
United Fruit Company, 1882–1924

Arthur Reynolds
Continental & Commercial Bank, 1919–1929

O. Wayne Rollins
Rollins, 1948–1991

Harland Sanders
Kentucky Fried Chicken Company, 1956–1964

Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, 1916–1924

Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1904–1916

Edward W. Scripps
Scripps (E. W.) / United Press International, 1878–1908

Dennis Sheedy
Globe Smelting and Refining Company, 1889–1910

John R. Simplot
Simplot (J. R.) Corporation, 1928–1994

Henry E. Singleton
Teledyne, 1960–1986

John G. Sperling
Apollo Group, 1976–2001

Elbridge A. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1901–1932

John W. Van Dyke
Atlantic Refining Company, 1911–1927

Watson H. Vanderploeg
Kellogg Company, 1940–1956

Robert L. Vann
Pittsburgh Courier, 1910–1940

Theodore W. Waitt
Gateway, 1985–1999

Charles R. Walgreen
Walgreen Company, 1909–1939

Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1910–1941

Thornton A. Wilson
Boeing Company, 1969–1986

Charles S. Woolworth
Woolworth (F. W.) and Company, 1919–1944

Frank W. Woolworth
Woolworth (F. W.) and Company, 1879–1919

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