B. F. Goodrich Co.’s President Bertram G. Work died in Europe the first week of September, after 20 even years of leadership. Last week the directors chose his successor—Harry Hough, who has been with the company but a few years. Mr. Work’s great contribution to the company affairs was in finance. New President Hough was long a banker in Akron, Ohio, factory site of Goodrich;* then he became Goodrich’s comptroller.
For new chairman of the directorate, the directors picked Daniel M. Goodrich, son of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, founder of the corporation. A new vice president is James D. Tew, son of Dr. Goodrich’s early associate when B. F. Goodrich Co. was called Goodrich & Tew. The company makes a greater variety of products from rubber than does any other concern.
* And of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Miller Rubber Co., etc.
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