About Clifford Hood
Lived 1894 – 1978 (aged 83–84). Clifford Hood was a business executive.
Clifford F. Hood (1894 – November 9, 1978) was an American business executive who served as president of U.S. Steel.
Biography Hood was born 1894, near Monmouth, Illinois, and worked as a water boy from age 10. He graduated from Galesburg High School, and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1917, he was hired as a clerk for the American Steel and Wire Company. He served in the military during World War I, and continued working at U.S. steel, becoming president of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company subsidiary on January 1, 1950. He was appointed president of U.S. steel on January 1, 1952, serving until 1959. During his presidency, U.S. Steel manufactured its billionth ton of steel.
Awards
Horatio Alger Award — 1954
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American business executive (1894–1978)
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Clifford Hood died on 9 November 1978.
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