Gerard Swope (December 1, 1872 – November 20, 1957) was an American electronics businessman. He served as the president of General Electric Company between...
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Isaac Swope, a watchcase maker. He was the youngest of four children – the younger brother of businessman and General Electric president Gerard Swope. Swope...
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Virginia State Senator 2017–present Earl Swope (1922–1968), American jazz trombonist; brother of Rob Swope Gerard Swope (1872–1957), American businessman; president...
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Sulzberger Ice Shelf (redirect from Swope Glacier)
(1939-41) all led by R. Admiral R.E. Byrd. The glacier is named for Gerard Swope, president of General Electric, who contributed various types of electrical...
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other galaxies. She was the daughter of Mary Hill and Gerard Swope, and niece of Herbert Bayard Swope. Both of her parents taught at Hull-House in Chicago...
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prominent corporate chieftains of the time, such as Owen D. Young and Gerard Swope of General Electric. In the 1920s, he also donated a substantial amount...
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Swope's husband John and her family donated the land for the park to the city. Swope married John Swope in 1962. John Swope's grandfather, Gerard Swope...
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(father of American actress Jane Alexander), and John Swope (son of GE President Gerard Swope and later Hollywood and Life Magazine photographer and...
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the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (b. 1883) Gerard Swope, American electronics businessman, president of General Electric (b....
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that position until 1939. Under his guidance and teaming with president Gerard Swope, GE shifted into the extensive manufacturing of home electrical appliances...
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and members of his staff, December 7, 1918. Front row, left to right: Gerard Swope, Major General George W. Goethals, Brigadier General Herbert Lord, Brigadier...
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Board Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Target Corporation 1933: Gerard Swope, General Electric 1934: S. Clay Williams, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company...
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of General Electric in World War II, published 1947. Irmer, Thomas. Gerard Swope. In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies...
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1924 to 1927 Demetrius Comino worked as an apprentice for BTH. In 1926 Gerard Swope, president of General Electric, proposed that BTH, Westinghouse, General...
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Act (NIRA) and the "Swope Plan", named after Gerard Swope. Hoover was an ardent supporter of trade associations, but saw the Swope Plan as fascistic because...
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members of his staff, December 7, 1918. Front row, left to right: Mr. Gerard Swope, Major General George W. Goethals, Brigadier General Herbert Lord, Brigadier...
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Fiorello H. La Guardia Chairman & CEO, Rheinstein Construction Company 3. Gerard Swope December 11, 1939 – January 26, 1942 Fiorello H. La Guardia President...
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Martha Joan Swope (February 22, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American photographer of theatre and dance. Born in Tyler, Texas, she studied at Baylor...
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Business positions Preceded by Gerard Swope President of the General Electric Company 1940–1942 Succeeded by Gerard Swope President of the General Electric...
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Swasey 1938 John Frank Stevens 1940 Gano Dunn 1941 D. Robert Yarnall 1942 Gerard Swope 1944 Ralph E. Flanders 1945 William Henry Harrison 1946 Vannevar Bush...
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via Newspapers.com. "48th Floor Fire Routs 2,000 in Lexington Ave.: Gerard Swope Flees With General Electric Aids; Firemen Walk 28 Flights". New York...
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Sperling (1921–2014), businessman and founder of the University of Phoenix Gerard Swope (1872–1957), president of General Electric Jack C. Taylor (1922–2016)...
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Henry Standing Bear, resident Benny Goodman, joined the boys club band Gerard Swope, resident who married resident Mary Hill, later worked for General Electric...
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& Associates and completed in 1965. They were originally called the Gerard Swope Houses but renamed in 1963 the Isaacs Houses after Stanley M. Isaacs...
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Kellogg 1932 Edward F. Allen James Howell Post William C. Redfield Gerard Swope 1933 Newton D. Baker Clifford W. Beers Evangeline Booth 1934 Eleanor...
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industry."[citation needed] "E.W. Rice". www.ge.com. 10 December 2012. "Gerard Swope". www.ge.com. 10 December 2012. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc...
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trade associations by Hugh Johnson. Many leading businessmen—including Gerard Swope (head of General Electric), Charles M. Schwab (chairman of Bethlehem...
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and enforcement of GE's patents. On April 28, 1926, Morrison wrote to Gerard Swope, president of GE at the time, to bring attention to the early expiration...
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the Teatown Lake Reservation, was established in 1963, a year after Gerard Swope Sr. bequeathed 250 acres (1.0 km2) to BBG. Over the years, the reservation...
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a variety of industry leaders like James A. Farrell, David Sarnoff, Gerard Swope, and Samuel M. Vauclain. Westinghouse's old rival Thomas Edison did not...
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