Subject: Ordnance -- History / Place: Times Square (New York, N.Y.) / Form: Archival materials - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Ordnance -- History Place Times Square (New York, N.Y.) Form Archival materials

Extent:: 1.38 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection offers snapshots of Chester M. Brown at two stages of his career. In 1943-1945, taking on major responsibility as Plant Manager of the Point Pleasant West Virginia Ordinance Works where dynamite for the war effort was being produced, then, in 1962-1968 as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman-of-the-Board of the Allied Chemical Corporation, acting as corporate spokesman and a driving force for modernization within the company.

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