Max Rose
American industrialist
About Max Rose
Lived 1894 – 1968 (aged 73).
Max Rose (July 15, 1894 – April 14, 1968) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder and Chairman of the Board of Northern Metal Company, the only civilian owned and operated terminal in the world to be used by the US military.
Early life and career Rose was born in Pinsk and emigrated to Brooklyn, New York as a child. Rose arrived on the Philadelphia waterfront around World War I, working as a rigger at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. In 1933, Rose founded the Northern Metal Company,
By 1957, Rose owned and operated a 9-ship terminal in the port of Philadelphia; unusually, this terminal was built with his own capital, instead of, as was typical at the time, with city, state or port agency funds.
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Who was Max Rose?
American industrialist (1894–1968)
When was Max Rose born?
Max Rose was born on 15 September 1894.
When did Max Rose die?
Max Rose died on 14 April 1968.
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