EUGENE GIFFORD GRACE
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N 40° 36.617 W 075° 22.830
18T E 467811 N 4495565
President of Bethlehem Steel.
Waymark Code: WM1ZF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2005
Views: 25
Marker Text:
Eugen Gifford Grace
(1876-1960) President, Bethlehem Steel, 1913-45, & chairman, 1946-57, lived here. A protégé of industrialist Charles M. Schwab, he helped make the company the U.S.'s largest shipbuilder & 2nd largest steelmaker - a formidable supplier in two world wars.
Marker Name: Eugene Gifford Grace
County: Northampton
Date Dedicated: 04/19/1997
Marker Type: City
Location: 114 W. 4th St., Bethlehem
Category: Business & Industry, Professions & Vocations, Steel
Website: Not listed
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