About John Fairfield Thompson
Lived 1881 – 1968 (aged 86–87). John Fairfield Thompson was a businessperson.
John Fairfield Thompson (March 8 1881 – July 13, 1968) was an American metallurgist who became President and later Chairman of Inco Limited.
Career Thompson joined Inco in 1906. As Manager of Operations in 1921, he supervised the construction and initial operations of the Company's Huntington WV plant and rolling mill, founded for the production of high-nickel alloys.
Thompson became President of Inco in 1949 and Chairman in 1951.
In 1958 he received the AIME Charles F. Rand Gold Memorial Medal, and honorary membership in the AIME in 1961.
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Personal life and Legacy Thompson had a son (1920-1971) who bore the same name, with his wife. Junior rose to become President of the ASPCA.
He was awarded honorary degrees from Columbia University (1950), Queen's University at Kingston (1954) and Bowdoin College (1959) and Marshall College (1960). He is a commander in the Finnish Order of the White Rose.
Thompson died in 1968.
In 2001 the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inducted him,
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Who was John Fairfield Thompson?
American metallurgist (1881–1968)
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John Fairfield Thompson was born in 1881.
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John Fairfield Thompson died in 1968.
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John Fairfield Thompson was a businessperson.
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