Donald J. Hardenbrook, former president of the National Association of Manufacturers and a retired investment broker, banker and member of the New York Stock Exchange, died Monday in Nantucket, Masschusetts., where he had lived since 1971. He had previously lived in New York.
Mr. Hardenbrook served as the N. A. M. president in 1962 and was an exponent of a national “right to work” law, prohibiting compulsory unionism in all forms.
He was for many years a vice president and director of the Union Bag‐Camp Paper Corporation and chairman of the American Creosoting Corporation. Starting his business career as an office boy in 1915 at the Atlas Portland Cement Company in New York, he soon became an assistant advertising manager.
He worked in the investment banking field for 20 years and from 1933 to 1943 was an independent member of the NYSE. He was a great‐greatgrandson of one of its founders, John A. Hardenbrook.
On his mother's side, he was a descendant of the first white child reputedly born in New York, Sarah Jansen de Rapelje.
Mr. Hardenbrook, who was born in Jamaica, Queens, attended the Polytechnic Preparatory School in Brooklyn. He served in the Navy in World War I.
He joined the Union Bag company in 1943 and in 1958 was named chairman of its subsidiary, the American Creosoting Corporation.
He helped develop the Institute of Applied Econometrics and was its chairman for a number of years. He became a member of the N. A. M. sponsored Economics Principles Commission in the early 1940's to produce monographs entitled “The American Individual Enterprise System. ”
In 1965, he was named president of Keep America Beautiful Inc., an organization that conducted an educational campaign against litter. He was also on the executive committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce. From 1965 to 1970, he was national president of Junior Achievement, an organization devoted to training youth in business.
Mr. Hardenbrook is survived by his wife, the former Helen Vinson; two daughters by a previous marriage, Marilyn Sherman and Hope Dresser, and two grandchildren.
Mr. Hardenbrook served as the N. A. M. president in 1962 and was an exponent of a national “right to work” law, prohibiting compulsory unionism in all forms.
He was for many years a vice president and director of the Union Bag‐Camp Paper Corporation and chairman of the American Creosoting Corporation. Starting his business career as an office boy in 1915 at the Atlas Portland Cement Company in New York, he soon became an assistant advertising manager.
He worked in the investment banking field for 20 years and from 1933 to 1943 was an independent member of the NYSE. He was a great‐greatgrandson of one of its founders, John A. Hardenbrook.
On his mother's side, he was a descendant of the first white child reputedly born in New York, Sarah Jansen de Rapelje.
Mr. Hardenbrook, who was born in Jamaica, Queens, attended the Polytechnic Preparatory School in Brooklyn. He served in the Navy in World War I.
He joined the Union Bag company in 1943 and in 1958 was named chairman of its subsidiary, the American Creosoting Corporation.
He helped develop the Institute of Applied Econometrics and was its chairman for a number of years. He became a member of the N. A. M. sponsored Economics Principles Commission in the early 1940's to produce monographs entitled “The American Individual Enterprise System. ”
In 1965, he was named president of Keep America Beautiful Inc., an organization that conducted an educational campaign against litter. He was also on the executive committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce. From 1965 to 1970, he was national president of Junior Achievement, an organization devoted to training youth in business.
Mr. Hardenbrook is survived by his wife, the former Helen Vinson; two daughters by a previous marriage, Marilyn Sherman and Hope Dresser, and two grandchildren.
Donald J. Hardenbrook, former president of the National Association of Manufacturers and a retired investment broker, banker and member of the New York Stock Exchange, died Monday in Nantucket, Masschusetts., where he had lived since 1971. He had previously lived in New York.
Mr. Hardenbrook served as the N. A. M. president in 1962 and was an exponent of a national “right to work” law, prohibiting compulsory unionism in all forms.
He was for many years a vice president and director of the Union Bag‐Camp Paper Corporation and chairman of the American Creosoting Corporation. Starting his business career as an office boy in 1915 at the Atlas Portland Cement Company in New York, he soon became an assistant advertising manager.
He worked in the investment banking field for 20 years and from 1933 to 1943 was an independent member of the NYSE. He was a great‐greatgrandson of one of its founders, John A. Hardenbrook.
On his mother's side, he was a descendant of the first white child reputedly born in New York, Sarah Jansen de Rapelje.
Mr. Hardenbrook, who was born in Jamaica, Queens, attended the Polytechnic Preparatory School in Brooklyn. He served in the Navy in World War I.
He joined the Union Bag company in 1943 and in 1958 was named chairman of its subsidiary, the American Creosoting Corporation.
He helped develop the Institute of Applied Econometrics and was its chairman for a number of years. He became a member of the N. A. M. sponsored Economics Principles Commission in the early 1940's to produce monographs entitled “The American Individual Enterprise System. ”
In 1965, he was named president of Keep America Beautiful Inc., an organization that conducted an educational campaign against litter. He was also on the executive committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce. From 1965 to 1970, he was national president of Junior Achievement, an organization devoted to training youth in business.
Mr. Hardenbrook is survived by his wife, the former Helen Vinson; two daughters by a previous marriage, Marilyn Sherman and Hope Dresser, and two grandchildren.
Mr. Hardenbrook served as the N. A. M. president in 1962 and was an exponent of a national “right to work” law, prohibiting compulsory unionism in all forms.
He was for many years a vice president and director of the Union Bag‐Camp Paper Corporation and chairman of the American Creosoting Corporation. Starting his business career as an office boy in 1915 at the Atlas Portland Cement Company in New York, he soon became an assistant advertising manager.
He worked in the investment banking field for 20 years and from 1933 to 1943 was an independent member of the NYSE. He was a great‐greatgrandson of one of its founders, John A. Hardenbrook.
On his mother's side, he was a descendant of the first white child reputedly born in New York, Sarah Jansen de Rapelje.
Mr. Hardenbrook, who was born in Jamaica, Queens, attended the Polytechnic Preparatory School in Brooklyn. He served in the Navy in World War I.
He joined the Union Bag company in 1943 and in 1958 was named chairman of its subsidiary, the American Creosoting Corporation.
He helped develop the Institute of Applied Econometrics and was its chairman for a number of years. He became a member of the N. A. M. sponsored Economics Principles Commission in the early 1940's to produce monographs entitled “The American Individual Enterprise System. ”
In 1965, he was named president of Keep America Beautiful Inc., an organization that conducted an educational campaign against litter. He was also on the executive committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce. From 1965 to 1970, he was national president of Junior Achievement, an organization devoted to training youth in business.
Mr. Hardenbrook is survived by his wife, the former Helen Vinson; two daughters by a previous marriage, Marilyn Sherman and Hope Dresser, and two grandchildren.
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