Elbert Gary attended Wheaton College (IL) and graduated first in his class from Union College of Law in 1868. The school later became the Northwestern University School of Law. Gary started to practice law in Chicago in 1871 and also maintained an office in Wheaton.[1] He was a co-founder (with his uncle, Jesse Wheaton) of the Gary-Wheaton Bank that merged with Bank One Corporation in the middle 1990s.
He served two terms as a DuPage County judge from 1882 to 1890. For the rest of his life he was known as "Judge Gary."
Gary practiced law in Chicago for about twenty-five years. He was president of the Chicago Bar Association from 1893 to 1894.
In 1898 he became president of Federal Steel Corporation in Chicago, which included a barbed wire business, and retired from his law practice
In 1900 at the age of 54, Gary moved from Wheaton to New York, where he established the headquarters of U.S. Steel. Gary served as president and chairman of the board of America's first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel, from the company's founding in 1901 until his death.
The town of Gary, Indiana, laid out in 1906 as a model home for steel workmen, was named in his honor.
From 1906 to 1908, he served as president of the Illinois State Society of New York, a group of Illinois expatriates living in New York who got together for social reasons a few times each year.
In 1914 he was made chairman of the committee appointed by the Mayor of New York, John Purroy Mitchel, to study the question of unemployment and its relief.
When America entered World War I in 1917, he was appointed chairman of the committee on steel of the Council of National Defense.
In 1919, he was invited by President Wilson to attend the Industrial Conference in Washington, and took a prominent part in it as a firm upholder of the "open shop," of which he was always a strong advocate.
In 2011 Gary was inducted into the inaugural class of the American Metal Market Steel Hall of Fame for his work in the steel industry and as the longest-serving CEO of U.S. Steel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Henry_Gary
∼Lawyer, corporate officer, and a key founder of the United States Steel Corporation. Namesake of Gary, Indiana.
Elbert Gary attended Wheaton College (IL) and graduated first in his class from Union College of Law in 1868. The school later became the Northwestern University School of Law. Gary started to practice law in Chicago in 1871 and also maintained an office in Wheaton.[1] He was a co-founder (with his uncle, Jesse Wheaton) of the Gary-Wheaton Bank that merged with Bank One Corporation in the middle 1990s.
He served two terms as a DuPage County judge from 1882 to 1890. For the rest of his life he was known as "Judge Gary."
Gary practiced law in Chicago for about twenty-five years. He was president of the Chicago Bar Association from 1893 to 1894.
In 1898 he became president of Federal Steel Corporation in Chicago, which included a barbed wire business, and retired from his law practice
In 1900 at the age of 54, Gary moved from Wheaton to New York, where he established the headquarters of U.S. Steel. Gary served as president and chairman of the board of America's first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel, from the company's founding in 1901 until his death.
The town of Gary, Indiana, laid out in 1906 as a model home for steel workmen, was named in his honor.
From 1906 to 1908, he served as president of the Illinois State Society of New York, a group of Illinois expatriates living in New York who got together for social reasons a few times each year.
In 1914 he was made chairman of the committee appointed by the Mayor of New York, John Purroy Mitchel, to study the question of unemployment and its relief.
When America entered World War I in 1917, he was appointed chairman of the committee on steel of the Council of National Defense.
In 1919, he was invited by President Wilson to attend the Industrial Conference in Washington, and took a prominent part in it as a firm upholder of the "open shop," of which he was always a strong advocate.
In 2011 Gary was inducted into the inaugural class of the American Metal Market Steel Hall of Fame for his work in the steel industry and as the longest-serving CEO of U.S. Steel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Henry_Gary
∼Lawyer, corporate officer, and a key founder of the United States Steel Corporation. Namesake of Gary, Indiana.
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