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John Reed Kilpatrick
John Reed Kilpatrick (Executive. Born, New York, NY, June 15, 1889; died, New York, NY, May 7, 1960.) An end who earned All-America honors at Yale in 1909 and 1910, John Reed Kilpatrick was a military officer, a construction executive, a boxing promoter, president of the Rangers for the better part of three decades, and […]
Bernard Gimble
Bernard Gimble (Executive. Born, Vincennes, IN, Apr. 10, 1885; died, New York, NY, Sept. 29, 1966.) A burly former Penn football player, Bernard Feustman Gimble had a life-long interest in sports. Gimble joined the family dry goods business in 1907 and later served as president (1922-53) and chairman (1953-66) of what became a major national […]
Walter Chrysler
Walter Chrysler (Executive. Born, Wamego, KS, Apr. 2, 1875; died, Great Neck, NY, Aug. 18, 1940.) Starting as a manager with the Chicago Great Western railroad, Walter Percy Chrysler was soon drawn to the automobile business. In 1912, Chrysler became works manager for Buick; then vice president, operations, for General Motors four years later; and, […]
