Business
Alexander D. Noyes, Amherst 1883 – financial editor of the New York Times
Alfred J.P. Sloan, Jr., Technology 1895 – chairman of the board – General Motors
Wallace T. Holliday, Western Reserve ’05 – President of Standard Oil of Ohio
William A. Mather, McGill ’08 – President of Canadian Pacific Railroad
Clarence Francis, Amherst ’10 – President of General Foods
Albert W. Hughes, Colgate ’11 – President of J.C. Penny
Thomas B. McCabe, Swarthmore ’15 – President of Scott Paper and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Winthorp H. Smith, Amherst ’16 – co-founder of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith
David Burpee, Cornell ’17 – President of Burpee Seed Company
Morse G. Dial, Cornell ’19 – chairman of Union Carbide
Edward P. Taylor, McGill ’22 – chairman of Canadian Breweries and President of the Argus Corp.
William E. Robinson, New York ’23 – chairman of Coci-Cola Company
James S. Schoff, Rochester ’23 – chairman of Bloomingdale’s Department Stores
Nelson Schaenan, Sr., Cornell ’23 – chairman of Smith Barney & Company
Arnold Bernhard, Williams ’25 – founder of the investment news organization ValueLine
Charles F. White, Bucknell ’25 – President of M&M Candy Company
Leslie M. Cassidy, Pennsylvania ’26 – chairman and CEO of Johns-Manville
Earl B. Hathaway, Northwestern ’27 – President of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Trevor F. Moore, Toronto ’28 – Vice President – Imperial Oil of Canada
James S. McDonnell, Technology ’29 – chairman of McDonnell-Douglas
Arthur V. Danner, Indiana ’30 – President of Mobil Petroleum Company
Leonard E. Root, Pacific ’32 – President of Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Edward W. Carter, UCLA ’32 – chairman emeritus, Carter, Hawley, Hale (Nieman-Marcus, WaldenBooks)
Dwane L. Wallace, Wichita ’33 – chairman of Cessna Aircraft Co.
Semon E. Knudsen, Technology ’36 – President of Ford Motor Company
David M. Chenoweth, McGill ’38 – director and executive vice president of Molson Brewries, Ltd.
Edward G. Harness, Marietta ’40 – CEO of Proctor & Gamble
Walter A. Fallon, Union ’40 – President and CEO of Eastman Kodak
Forwood C. Wiser, Jr., Northern Illinois ’42 – President of Trans World Airlines
Charles L. Brown, Virginia ’43 – chairman AT&T
L. Gordon McGovern, Brown ’48 – chairman of Campbell Soup
Charles D. Miller, Johns Hopkins ’49 – CEO of Avery Dennison
John W. Amerman, Dartmouth ’53 – chairman and CEO of Mattel International
Richard P. Simmions, Technology ’53 – chairman of Allegheny Ludlum Steel
William M. Crossin, Toronto ’55 – President, Merle Norman Cosmetics
John P. Morgridge, Wisconsin ’55 – President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
John W. Rogers, Miami ’57 – chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service
Lawrence D. Downing, Iowa State ’58 – President of the Sierra Club
Gerald T. Aaron, Wichita ’63 – President of Pizza Hut
Steve Rowley, Ohio ’65 – President of DAY-TIMERS, Inc.
Michael D. Eisner, Denison ’64 – chairman and CEO of Walt Disney, Inc.
John H. Eyler, Jr., Washington ’69 – President and CEO of FAO Schwartz
Miles G. Bryant, III, Arlington ’70 – President and General Director of Chrysler of Mexico