Eugene Gifford Grace
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
President, Bethlehem Steel, 1913-45, & chairman, 1946-57, lived here. A protégé of industrialist Charles M. Schwab, he helped make the company the U.S.'s largest shipbuilder & 2nd largest steelmaker - a formidable supplier in two world wars.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
Eugene Gifford Grace lived here while leading Bethlehem Steel to the height of its power. A protégé of Charles M. Schwab, he served as president from 1913 to 1945 and then as chairman, driving the company to become the nation's largest shipbuilder and second-largest steelmaker. Its mills and yards supplied the guns, ships, and steel that armed the United States through two world wars.
Why it matters
Bethlehem Steel under Grace was an engine of American industrial and military might in the twentieth century's defining conflicts.
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- · Eugene Gifford Grace
- · Charles M. Schwab
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