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Terrence E. Adderley
Kelly Services, 1967–Present

Walter H. Annenberg
Triangle Publications, 1942–1968

J. Ogden Armour
Armour and Company, 1901–1923

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

Louis F. Bantle
UST, 1973–1993

Frank Batten
Landmark Communications, 1967–1998

Edward Bausch
Bausch and Lomb Company, 1926–1935

Stephen D. Bechtel
Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960

Robert F. Bensinger
Brunswick, 1930–1963

Morgan G. Bulkeley
Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1879–1922

Arde Bulova
Bulova Watch Company, 1930–1958

David Burpee
W. A. Burpee Company, 1917–1970

Charles A. Cannon
Cannon Mills Company, 1921–1971

Gilbert Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1920–1928

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

Herman Cone II
Cone Mills Corporation, 1938–1950

Peter H. Coors
Adolph Coors Brewing Company, 1993–2000

William K. Coors
Adolph Coors Brewing Company, 1970–1993

Richard T. Crane, Jr.
Crane Company, 1914–1931

Max De Pree
Herman Miller, 1980–1987

Arthur J. Decio
Skyline Corporation, 1959–1998

Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.
Black & Decker Corporation, 1964–1975

Henry S. Dennison
Dennison Manufacturing Company, 1912–1952

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

Otto D. Donnell
Ohio Oil Company, 1927–1948

Nelson Doubleday
Doubleday and Company, 1928–1946

Willard H. Dow
Dow Chemical Corporation, 1930–1947

Lammot du Pont
DuPont Corporation, 1926–1940

Pierre S. du Pont
DuPont Corporation, 1915–1919

Bernard A. Edison
Edison Brothers Stores, 1968–1987

John C. Emery, Jr.
Emery Air Freight, 1968–1987

Lothar W. Faber
Eberhard-Faber Company, 1898–1943

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

Edward A. Filene
Filene's, 1908–1928

Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1941–1963

Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company, 1945–1979

John M. Franklin
United States Lines, 1946–1960

Robert W. Galvin
Motorola, 1956–1986

Stanley C. Gault
Rubbermaid, 1980–1991

Daniel F. Gerber
Gerber Products Company, 1917–1945

Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.
Gerber Products Company, 1945–1974

Jean Paul Getty
Getty Oil Company, 1956–1976

Lawrence M. Giannini
Bank of America, 1936–1952

Bernard F. Gimbel
Gimbel Brothers Department Stores, 1925–1953

Isaac Gimbel
Gimbel Brothers Department Stores, 1894–1925

J. Peter Grace
W. R. Grace and Company, 1945–1992

Katharine M. Graham
Washington Post, 1963–1979

Bowman Gray, Jr.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1957–1967

Daniel Guggenheim
American Smelting and Refining Company, 1900–1919

Walter A. Haas
Levi Strauss and Company, 1922–1957

Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Levi Strauss and Company, 1958–1976

John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 1920–1949

Stephen D. Hassenfeld
Hasbro Toys, 1979–1989

William R. Hearst
American Newspapers, 1887–1937

Christine A. Hefner
Playboy Enterprises, 1988–2001

Howard Heinz
H. J. Heinz Company, 1919–1941

Henry J. Heinz II
H. J. Heinz Company, 1941–1966

George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company, 1925–1946

Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad, 1907–1912

Herbert W. Hoover
Hoover Company, 1922–1954

Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.
Hoover Company, 1954–1966

Jay C. Hormel
Hormel and Company, 1929–1945

Alanson B. Houghton
Corning Glass Company, 1910–1930

Amory Houghton
Corning Glass Company, 1930–1960

Amory Houghton, Jr.
Corning Glass Company, 1964–1982

Ivan J. Houston
Golden State Insurance, 1970–1990

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

Herbert F. Johnson
Johnson Wax Company, 1928–1966

Samuel C. Johnson II
Johnson Wax Company, 1966–1979

Edward C. Johnson III
Fidelity Investments, 1977–Present

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

Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil Company, 1963–1981

Joseph P. Knapp
Knapp & Company, 1891–1951

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

Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler Company, 1937–1968

Walter J. Kohler
Kohler Company, 1905–1937

Mills B. Lane, Jr.
Citizens & Southern National Bank, 1946–1973

Fred R. Lazarus, Jr.
Federated Department Stores, 1945–1966

Samuel J. Lefrak
Lefrak Organization, 1948–2003

Philip Lehman
Lehman Brothers and Company, 1901–1925

Robert Lehman
Lehman Brothers and Company, 1925–1969

Peter B. Lewis
The Progressive Corporation, 1965–2000

Josiah K. Lilly
Eli Lilly & Company, 1898–1932

Eli Lilly II
Eli Lilly & Company, 1932–1969

Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr.
Luckenbach Steamship Company, 1960–1974

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

Henry R. Mallory
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, 1907–1915

Thomas F. Manville
Johns-Manville Corporation, 1901–1924

H. Stanley Marcus
Neiman-Marcus Company, 1950–1969

J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Marriott International, 1972–Present

Forrest E. Mars, Sr.
Mars, 1964–1973

William G. Mather
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, 1890–1940

Oscar Gottfried Mayer
Oscar Mayer and Company, 1928–1955

Oscar Gustave Mayer
Oscar Mayer and Company, 1955–1966

Elmer H. Maytag
Maytag Corporation, 1926–1940

Frederick L. Maytag II
Maytag Corporation, 1940–1960

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

Fowler McCormick
International Harvester Corporation, 1941–1951

Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr.
International Harvester Corporation, 1902–1918

Donald C. McGraw
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1953–1966

Andrew W. Mellon
Mellon National Bank, 1882–1921

Richard K. Mellon
Mellon National Bank, 1934–1946

Ward Melville
Melville Corporation, 1922–1963

George W. Merck
Merck & Company, 1925–1955

Roger Milliken
Milliken & Company, 1947–Present

William L. Moody, Jr.
Moody (W. L.) & Company Bank, 1920–1954

John P. Morgan, Jr.
J. P. Morgan and Company, 1913–1935

Charles S. Mott
Weston-Mott Company, 1903–1913

J. Larry Nichols
Devon Energy Corporation, 1980–Present

Eugene M. Patterson
American Machine and Foundry Company, 1941–1962

Franklin P. Perdue
Perdue Farms, 1953–1988

John H. Pew
Sun Oil Company, 1912–1947

Charles M. Pigott
PACCAR, 1967–1996

Philip W. Pillsbury
Pillsbury Mills, 1940–1952

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

Marjorie M. Post
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, 1914–1922

Robert A. Pritzker
Marmon Group, 1953–Present

Donald N. Pritzker
Hyatt Hotels, 1959–1972

William C. Procter
Procter & Gamble Company, 1907–1930

Edgar M. Queeny
Monsanto Chemical Company, 1928–1960

James H. Rand, Jr.
Remington-Rand Company, 1925–1955

Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.
Reynolds Corporation, 1948–1976

Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.
Rockwell International, 1967–1979

Walter E. Sachs
Goldman, Sachs and Company, 1928–1959

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

Elwyn L. Smith
Smith-Corona-Marchant Corporation, 1951–1960

Charles H. Steinway
Steinway and Sons, 1896–1919

Henry Z. Steinway
Steinway and Sons, 1957–1980

Theodore E. Steinway
Steinway and Sons, 1919–1957

Robert T. B. Stevens
J. P. Stevens and Company, 1929–1974

Whitney Stevens
J. P. Stevens and Company, 1979–1988

William L. Stewart
Union Oil Company, 1914–1930

Robert A. Stranahan, Jr.
Champion Spark Plug Company, 1955–1986

Jack I. Straus
Macy (R. H.) and Company, 1940–1956

Jesse I. Straus
Macy (R. H.) and Company, 1919–1933

Dwight L. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1973–1983

Elbridge H. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1932–1971

John Stuart
Quaker Oats Company, 1922–1956

Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
Quaker Oats Company, 1966–1981

Louis F. Swift
Swift and Company, 1903–1931

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

Charles D. Tandy
Tandy Corporation, 1950–1978

Seth E. Thomas, Jr.
Seth Thomas Clock Company, 1919–1931

John P. Thompson
Southland Corporation, 1961–1986

Henry R. Towne
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, 1868–1916

Donald J. Trump
Trump Organization, 1975–Present

Robert E. (Ted) Turner
Turner Communications, 1963–1996

Erwin C. Uihlein
Schlitz Brewing Company, 1933–1961

E. Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn Company, 1953–1961

Charles R. Walgreen III
Walgreen Company, 1969–1998

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

Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
IBM, 1955–1971

George H. Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1966–1999

John P. Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1914–1928

John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1946–1956

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

Joseph C. Wilson II
Xerox Corporation, 1946–1971

Charles D. Wiman
Deere & Company, 1928–1955

Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.
United Shoe Machinery Company, 1927–1939

Philip K. Wrigley
William Wrigley Jr. Company, 1925–1961

William Wrigley III
William Wrigley Jr. Company, 1961–1999

Alan L. Wurtzel
Circuit City Stores, 1973–1986

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