About Tom Mercer Girdler
Lived 1877 – 1965 (aged 87–88). Tom Mercer Girdler was an industrialist and writer.
Tom Mercer Girdler (19 May 1877 – 4 February 1965) was an American businessman who was the first president of Republic Steel.
Biography Girdler was born in Silver Creek, Clark County, Indiana in 1877. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Lehigh University.
He retired in 1956 as the chairperson of Republic Steel.
Personal life Girdler married four times and had two sons and two daughters.
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