Elbert H. Gary

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business executive human industrialist judge lawyer

Elbert H. Gary was an American lawyer, judge, and industrialist best known as the founding chairman and longtime leader of U.S. Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers in the early 20th century.

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Elbert Henry Gary	7

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive ⓘ human ⓘ industrialist ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1846-10-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1927-08-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	Northwestern University ⓘ surface form: Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Albany Law School ⓘ surface form: Union College of Law
employer	United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
familyName	Gary ⓘ
fieldOfWork	corporate law ⓘ judiciary ⓘ steel industry ⓘ
fullName	Elbert H. Gary self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Elbert Henry Gary
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Elbert ⓘ
hasHonor	city of Gary, Indiana named after him ⓘ
heldJudicialPositionIn	DuPage County, Illinois ⓘ
influenced	corporate consolidation in the American steel industry ⓘ
knownFor	advocating industry self-regulation ⓘ establishing the "Gary dinners" for business leaders ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legalCareerStartedIn	Illinois ⓘ
memberOf	United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
notableFor	being founding chairman of U.S. Steel ⓘ leading one of the world’s largest steel producers in the early 20th century ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ industrialist ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
participatedIn	formation of United States Steel Corporation in 1901 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wheaton, Illinois ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of United States Steel Corporation ⓘ founding chairman of United States Steel Corporation ⓘ president of United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
religion	Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodism
residence	New York City ⓘ Wheaton, Illinois ⓘ
spouse	Emma T. Townsend ⓘ Julia Graves ⓘ
stateOfDeath	New York ⓘ