Business: Brothers McCormick

Unlike many a U. S. tycoon, Cyrus Hall McCormick had a son and namesake who could fill his shoes. When Cyrus I died in 1884, Cyrus II became president of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., later president of International Harvester Co. Since 1918 he has been Harvester’s board chairman. Last week, at 76. he retired.

Harvester’s new chairman is Cyrus’ younger brother, Harold FowlerMcCormick, whose first wife was the late Edith Rockefeller McCormick. Later he married Singer Ganna Walska, whom he divorced in 1931. When Brother Cyrus retired to the board-chairmanship in 1918, Harold succeeded him as Harvester’s president, held the office for four years, has since been chairman of Harvester’s finance committee.