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Eugene Grace was a former president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for nearly 30 years and was involved with the company for over 40 years. Grace, born in Cape May, New Jersey, attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Considered Lehigh's best baseball player at the time, he declined a contract to play Major League Baseball (MLB) to work at Bethlehem Steel. He was also later a member of the board of trustees at Lehigh.
Eugene Grace was a former president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation for nearly 30 years and was involved with the company for over 40 years. Grace, born in Cape May, New Jersey, attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Considered Lehigh's best baseball player at the time, he declined a contract to play Major League Baseball (MLB) to work at Bethlehem Steel. He was also later a member of the board of trustees at Lehigh.
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 3
But there was a dark and damning side to the company's pot of gold. The First World War was butchery on a scale never before known. Over four years, it killed 10 million people, wiping out an entire generation of young men in Europe. Pennsylvania, settled...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Government, Vehicles, United States of America, Bethlehem Steel
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 4
And with Bethlehem's new acquisition came an inside line into some of the nation's most visionary steel projects. By the time Bethlehem took over McClintic-Marshall, the fabricator already had contracts to build the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and the George...Tags: Chicago Skyline, George Washington, Instrument Engineering, Architecture, Engineering
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 6
While some Bethlehem Steel women did manual labor alongside men like John Wadolny, and some were secretaries like Althea Kulp, others had a role that reflected the company's urgent need for security. These women carried guns and kept watch for saboteurs....Tags: Firearms, First National Bank, Charles Schwab, Vehicles, Bing Crosby
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 7
Lance E. Metz, historian for the National Canal Museum in Easton and an authority on Bethlehem Steel, says no other event had as much impact on the social environment of the Lehigh Valley. The strike and its settlement allowed the steelworkers to get...Tags: Arthur Goldberg, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Government, Colleges and Universities, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Dec 10, 2003
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Dec 10, 2003
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Dec 10, 2003
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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