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Charles McElroy White (June 13, 1891 – January 10, 1977) was an American steel manufacturing executive. He was a protegé of Tom M. Girdler, and was briefly superintendent〔In the American steel industry, the superintendent is the chief operating officer of a steel company or a plant and is responsible for day-to-day operations, labor relations, and proper functioning of the supply chain for raw materials. The superintendent coordinates closely with officers in charge of sales and shipping of product.〕 of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in 1929. He followed Girdler to the rapidly growing Republic Steel in 1930, where he was appointed president of the company in 1945. He was promoted to chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer in 1956. He retired in 1960. ==Early life and career== Charles M. White was born in June 1891 in Oakland, Maryland, to Charles Franklin and Estella Virginia (Jarboe) White. He grew up in Hutton, Maryland, where his father operated a sawmill.〔''Current Biography Yearbook'', p. 53.〕 He was educated in public school in Hutton, but did not graduate from high school.〔 He started working in lumber camps when he was 12 years old, leading mules. By the age of 14, he was driving a four-horse team. Determined to earn money to attend college, he found employment as a construction worker on a railroad and in a tannery.〔Girdler and Sparkes, p. 183.〕 He won admission to Maryland State College, where he graduated in 1913 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.〔〔Callcott, p. 241.〕 After graduation, White took a job with the American Bridge Company for two years as a millwright's helper.〔Thomas, Jr., Robert McG. "Charles White, Former Chairman of Republic Steel, Dies in Florida." ''New York Times.'' January 11, 1977.〕 Over the next three years, he continued to take courses in chemistry, engineering, and metallurgy at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. White took a job with the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in 1915, and within a year was superintendent of a sintering plant. In 1916, he was promoted to assistant superintendent of the blast furnace at Jones and Laughlin's Eliza Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His position was reclassified in 1917 as a master mechanic. Two years later, he was promoted to the position of assistant to the superintendent of mechanical and construction work at J&L's South Side works.〔 In 1918, White married Helen Bradley. The couple had a daughter, Jean.〔("Inaugural Charles and Helen White Symposium." ''MEtrics.'' 3:2 (Summer 2003), p. 15. ) Accessed 2012-03-13.〕〔("White, Charles McElroy." ''The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.'' July 10, 1997. ) Accessed 2012-03-13.〕 In 1920, Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr., chairman of the board of directors of Jones and Laughlin Steel, asked Tom M. Girdler (then Jones and Laughlin's General Manager) to take over the operation of the company's shortline railroads, which were inefficient and losing money. But United States antitrust law prevented Jones and Laughlin from directly controlling these railroads. Jones suggested that Girdler find a trusted associate to operate the shortline railroads, while Girdler secretly held the real decision-making power. Girdler turned to Charles M. White.〔Wollman and Inman, p. 94.〕 White was promoted to operating manager of the Monongahela Connecting Railroad in 1920. He was soon given operating control of three other shortline railroads owned by Jones and Laughlin Steel, including the Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad.〔 In 1927, White left J&L's railroad subsidiaries to become assistant superintendent of the company's Aliquippa Steel Works in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.〔 He was promoted to general superintendent of the plant in 1929, but served only a few months.〔 In May 1930, White was appointed assistant vice president in charge of operations at Republic Steel.〔"C.M. White With Republic Steel." ''New York Times.'' May 5, 1930.〕 Five years later, when Girdler was appointed president of Republic Steel, White was promoted to take over Girdler's role as vice president of operations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles M. White」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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