Business leaders of the century : crossing the millennium.

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Business leaders of the century : crossing the millennium.

Entry/Object ID

Library.1504

Description

68 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 37 cm Business leaders of the century : crossing the millennium by the Business Journal. Business leaders of the century. Crossing the millennium At head of title: The Business journal : serving Jacksonville and Northeast Florida Northeast Florida by the ages : a narrative history and illustrative timeline of Northeast Florida business during the 20th century Cover title. Includes timelines and thumbnail biographies and photos of many business leaders. Contents by selected names: Henry Flagler -- Abraham Lincoln Lewis -- Henry John Klutho --Bion H. Barnett -- Alfred duPont -- Eartha White --Ed Ball -- Alexander Brest -- J.E. Davis -- Charles Bennett -- Ira Koger -- Prime Osborn III -- J.J. Daniel -- Raymond Mason -- William Nash -- Deane Beman -- Jake Godbold -- Delores Kesler -- Wayne Weaver. Contents by article title: 1900-1919: Starting over: After the fire:1900-1919 with a time line from 1901 to1920 -- Shrewd businessman or lucky dreamer? (Flagler) -- His real wealth was in his ideas, dreams (Lewis) -- Designs on the future (Klutho) -- Leaders 1900-1919 (Lina L'Engle Barnett, Joseph Haygood Blodgett, Jet Bowden, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward , Jacob E. Cohen, Wellington Cummer, Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, May Mann Jennings, James Weldon Johnson, Edward Wood Lane, Julia E. Landon, Claude L'Engle, Abraham Mussallem, Claude Nolan); Money rushes in 1920-1945 with time line 1921-1949: Bankrolling a legacy (Barnett) -- Unlikely empire builder (DuPont) -- City's angel of mercy dedicated to mission (White) -- In the catbird seat (Ball) -- Leaders 1920-1945 (St. Elmo Acosta, T. K. Akra, John Alsop, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mary White Blocker, Jacob Franklin Bryan, Butler, Richard P. Daniel, Frederick T. Davis, Jessie Ball duPont, Albert Hobbs Laney, William Radford Lovett, B. B. McCormick, Clifford Graham McGehee, James Campbell Merrill, Paul E. Reinhold, Lambert C. Ringhaver, Harold E. Saxelbye, Clifford Griffith Schultz, Morris David Wolfson); City comes of age 1946-1979: Quiet force paved a future for others (Brest) -- Using his money to make things happen (J. E. Davis) -- U. S. Representative anchored the Navy (Charles E. Bennett) -- Turned office parks into national trend (Ira Kroger) -- One of the engineers of modern Jacksonville (Osborn III) -- Connections, character and consolidation (J. J. Daniel) -- Diverse legacy (Raymond Mason) -- Leaders 1946-1979 (George Auchter, Jr., Robert Broward, W. Haydon Burns, William R. Cesery, Luther Coggin, Charles Edward Commander, Jr, William Cook, Jack C. Demetree, Sr., William W. Gay, Frank Hampton Sr, Palmer Holmes, Julian Jackson, Frederick Heber Kent, Frances Bartlett Kinne, Hy W. Kliman, E. Robert Langley, Roger L. Main, Sallye B. Mathis, John Townsend McCormick, Walter A. McRae Sr, Sulzbacher, Warren W. Schell Jr, Gert H. W. Schmidt, Robert Thomas Shircliff, Martin Stein Sr, Richard Harvey Suddath, Carl Swisher, Charles D. Towers Jr, Brown Lee Whatley, Arnolta Mama Williams, W. Ashley Verlander; Jacksonville joins the big leagues 1980-199 with timeline 1983-1999: One of the rocks of Jacksonville (William Nash), Putting NE Florida on a new course (Deane Beman), Tough guy with a vision (Jake Godbold), Staff of business legends (Delores Kesler), Jacksonville's big-play man (Wayne Weaver), Leaders 1980-1999 (Benjamin C. Bishop Jr, Carl Cannon, Pete Carpenter, Richard D. Danford Jr, Kevin Delaney, John J. Diamond, Carson Eddings, Timothy W. Finchem, Bill H. Glass Jr, Wilfredo J. Gonzalez, Earl B. Hadlow, Jack B. Healan, Mark Hulsey, Hugh H. Jones Jr, William Cordell Mason, David Middleton, Douglas Milne, Ju'Coby Pittman, Alan W. Rossiter, Lowell Salter, David A. Stein, Jay Stein, Jack Uible, William A. Watson Jr.; Nongroup (Cannon, Carpenter, Criser, Haskell, Kesler, Petway, Peyton, Rice, Schultz, Stein) -- Visions short articles by various people such as Brodsky, Burke, Bryant, Bussells, Lois Chepnik, Gardner Davis, John Delaney, Dewan, Harden, Susan Hartley, Jenkins, Laura L. Maggio, Mallot, Pass, Linda Sherrer, St. John, John R. Allen Jr. Selected photographs: Great Fire of 1901 -- Abraham Lewis and his second wife, Elzona -- St. James Building -- Atlantic National in Riverside -- Gulf Life Insurance -- Independent Life and Accident Insurance building -- Main Street bridge 1941 -- Barnett Tower building -- Clara White Mission building -- Florida National Bank building -- American Heritage Life Insurance Company headquarters -- Airport opens 1968 -- African-American lawyers practicing in Jacksonville during the early 1950's -- J. E. Davis, his wife and children in their Ortega home in 1949 -- Koger Center building -- Modis building.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Businesspeople -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography., Businesspeople -- Florida -- Jacksonville Region -- Biography., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Biography., White, Eartha Mary Magdeline, 1876-1974., Lewis, A. L. (Abraham Lincoln), 1865-1947., Klutho, Henry John, 1873-1964., Koger, Ira., Kesler, Delores., Godbold, Jake M., Weaver, Wayne., Bennett, Charles E., 1910- 2003., Great Fire, Jacksonville, Fla., 1901.

Publication Details

Author

Business Journal (Jacksonville, Fla.).

Publisher

Business Journal

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, Fla.

Call No.

HC 102.5 .A2 B8 2000