Harold Fowler McCormick
Harold Fowler McCormick, Sr. (May 2, 1872 – October 16, 1941) was chairman of the board of International Harvester Company.
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[edit] Biography
He was born on May 2, 1872, the sixth child of Cyrus McCormick, inventor and manufacturer of the mechanical reaper; and Nancy Fowler McCormick.[1] He graduated from Princeton University in 1895. On November 26, 1895 he married Edith Rockefeller, daughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1909, along with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Frederick Taylor Gates, he became the third inaugural trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation. He became chairman of the board of International Harvester Company in 1935, replacing his older brother Cyrus Hall McCormick II. He was also a trustee of the Rockefeller-created University of Chicago.
After divorcing Edith, McCormick married opera singer Ganna Walska. During the transition period between these two women, McCormick sought to fortify himself by undergoing an operation by Serge Voronoff, a surgeon who specialized in transplanting animal glands into aging men with impotency.[2] McCormick divorced Ganna in 1931.[3]
He died on October 16, 1941.[4][5]
[edit] Children with Edith Rockefeller
- John Rockefeller McCormick (1896–1901)
- Editha McCormick (1897–1898)
- Harold Fowler McCormick, Jr. (1898–1973)
- Muriel McCormick Hubbard (1903–1959)
- Mathilde McCormick Oser (1906–1947)
[edit] Legacy
Orson Welles claimed that McCormick's lavish promotion of his second wife's opera career—despite her renown as a terrible singer—was a direct influence on the screenplay for Citizen Kane, wherein the titular character does much the same for his second wife. (Samuel Insull, Thomas Edison's private secretary and later president of a utilities holding empire that included Commonwealth Edison, built what is now the Lyric Opera in Chicago for his mistress and was another influence, along with actresses Hope Hampton and Marion Davies.)
[edit] Family tree
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Robert McCormick (1780–1846) |
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Mary Ann Hall (1780–1853) |
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| Nancy Fowler McCormick (1835–1923) |
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Cyrus McCormick (1809–1884) |
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Mary Ann Grigsby (1828–1878) |
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William Sanderson McCormick (1815–1865) |
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Leander J. McCormick (1819–1900) |
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| Cyrus McCormick Jr. (1859–1936) |
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Harold Fowler McCormick (1872–1941) |
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Joseph Medill (1823–1899) |
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L. Hamilton McCormick (1859–1934) |
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Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919) |
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Kate Medill (1853–1932) |
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William Grigsby McCormick (1851–1941) |
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Ruby McCormick (1860–1882) |
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| Joseph Medill McCormick (1877–1925) |
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Ruth Hanna McCormick (1880–1944) |
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Robert R. McCormick (1880–1955) |
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Chauncey Brooks McCormick (1884–1954) |
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William McCormick Blair (1884–1982) |
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Brooks McCormick (1917–2006) |
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William McCormick Blair, Jr. (born 1916) |
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[edit] References
- ^ Leander James McCormick (1896). Family record and biography. pp. 303–304. http://books.google.com/books?id=QC83AAAAMAAJ.
- ^ Grossman, Ron. (March 31, 1985) Chicago Tribune Lost lake shore drive: Mourning an era; Mansions of rich and famous yield to giant condos. Section: Real estate; Page 1.
- ^ He resided at 1000 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
- ^ "Harold McCormick Inddstrialist, Dies. Chairman of the International Harvester Co., Which His Father, Cyrus, Founded. Sponsored Successful Search for Scarlet Fever Antitoxin. A Supporter of Opera". New York Times. October 17, 1941. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B10FA3B5C16738DDDAE0994D8415B8188F1D3. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ "Harold Fowler McCormick". Associated Press. October 17, 1941. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/171507982.html?dids=171507982:171507982&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Oct+17,+1941&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Harold+Fowler+McCormick&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-08-02. "Harold Fowler McCormick, who passed on yesterday, was the son of Cyrus Hall McCormick, and former president and chairman of the board of International Harvester Co. ..."
[edit] Further reading
- Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. New York: Warner Books, 1998.
- (Harvester World) Issue v.22, no.1, January 1942.
[edit] See also
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