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Charles Perry McCormick
Charles Perry McCormick (June 9, 1896 – June 16, 1970) was an American businessman and civic leader active in Baltimore, Maryland. At age 36, he became president of McCormick & Company, which he led for 23 years, building it into an international spices and flavorings company. He became known for his progressive Multiple Management system and his civic involvement in the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland at large.
Born in Morelia, Mexico in 1896, McCormick was the son of the Baptist missionary Hugh Pendleton McCormick and Anne Pauline (Perry) McCormick. He lived with his family in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Birmingham, Alabama, Paris and back in the States in Baltimore. After regular education in those places, he finished his secondary schooling in the Class of 1915 at The Baltimore City College, an all-boys institution, the nation's third oldest public high school, founded in 1839, and then located in its second building on the site at North Howard and West Centre Streets. He later graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1919, when in its first years at its new campus at Homewood in north Baltimore.
After graduation, McCormick started a regular four-year apprenticeship in a factory and the offices of McCormick & Company, his uncle's spice firm. McCormick had already earlier started part-time in the summer of 1912 as a shipping department clerk. After gaining sales experience in the Middle West and the Pacific Coast section, McCormick was appointed head of the import-export department in Baltimore. In 1928 he was promoted vice president, and after the death of his uncle Willoughby M. McCormick in 1932, he was elected president of McCormick & Company. McCormick retired in 1969 and was named Chairman Emeritus.
McCormick participated in a series of business and civic affairs. He was a member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in 1939 and its chairman in 1952; chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland; director of several banks in and around Baltimore; and National Councilor to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
In 1960, McCormick was awarded the 1960 Henry Laurence Gantt Medal by the American Management Association and the ASME. Robert G. Hess, chairman of the Gantt Medal Board of Award, gave a presentation, that the award was offered to him for being "a dynamic leader in business; a successful practitioner of modern principles of scientific management and a valuable contributor of accepted improvements to the management profession, encompassing the humanities without sacrifice of profitable corporate performance and in addition, to influential leadership in the local community and national affairs." President and General Manager, Wright Machinery Company, Division of Sperry Rand Corporation, will make the presentation.
He was also selected for the Alumni Hall of Fame for his high school, The Baltimore City College.
Charles Perry McCormick was born on June 9, 1896, in Morelia, Mexico. The son of Baptist missionary Reverend Hugh Pendleton McCormick and Anne Pauline McCormick (née Perry), he had two older siblings, Catherine (Katie) and Hugh. Following his peripatetic father, he attended primary school in Puerto Rico (where his father founded the University of Puerto Rico); grammar school in Birmingham, Alabama, and Boston, Massachusetts; and high school in Paris, France; Hamilton, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. He matriculated to Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University in 1916, but his studies were interrupted by the Great War.
McCormick was enlisted in the United States Navy on April 6, 1917. He served aboard the U.S.S. W. A. Edwards and the U.S.S. Edgar F. Luckenbach. He also served as the naval athletic director, Fifth Naval District, for nine months.
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Charles Perry McCormick
Charles Perry McCormick (June 9, 1896 – June 16, 1970) was an American businessman and civic leader active in Baltimore, Maryland. At age 36, he became president of McCormick & Company, which he led for 23 years, building it into an international spices and flavorings company. He became known for his progressive Multiple Management system and his civic involvement in the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland at large.
Born in Morelia, Mexico in 1896, McCormick was the son of the Baptist missionary Hugh Pendleton McCormick and Anne Pauline (Perry) McCormick. He lived with his family in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Birmingham, Alabama, Paris and back in the States in Baltimore. After regular education in those places, he finished his secondary schooling in the Class of 1915 at The Baltimore City College, an all-boys institution, the nation's third oldest public high school, founded in 1839, and then located in its second building on the site at North Howard and West Centre Streets. He later graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1919, when in its first years at its new campus at Homewood in north Baltimore.
After graduation, McCormick started a regular four-year apprenticeship in a factory and the offices of McCormick & Company, his uncle's spice firm. McCormick had already earlier started part-time in the summer of 1912 as a shipping department clerk. After gaining sales experience in the Middle West and the Pacific Coast section, McCormick was appointed head of the import-export department in Baltimore. In 1928 he was promoted vice president, and after the death of his uncle Willoughby M. McCormick in 1932, he was elected president of McCormick & Company. McCormick retired in 1969 and was named Chairman Emeritus.
McCormick participated in a series of business and civic affairs. He was a member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in 1939 and its chairman in 1952; chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland; director of several banks in and around Baltimore; and National Councilor to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
In 1960, McCormick was awarded the 1960 Henry Laurence Gantt Medal by the American Management Association and the ASME. Robert G. Hess, chairman of the Gantt Medal Board of Award, gave a presentation, that the award was offered to him for being "a dynamic leader in business; a successful practitioner of modern principles of scientific management and a valuable contributor of accepted improvements to the management profession, encompassing the humanities without sacrifice of profitable corporate performance and in addition, to influential leadership in the local community and national affairs." President and General Manager, Wright Machinery Company, Division of Sperry Rand Corporation, will make the presentation.
He was also selected for the Alumni Hall of Fame for his high school, The Baltimore City College.
Charles Perry McCormick was born on June 9, 1896, in Morelia, Mexico. The son of Baptist missionary Reverend Hugh Pendleton McCormick and Anne Pauline McCormick (née Perry), he had two older siblings, Catherine (Katie) and Hugh. Following his peripatetic father, he attended primary school in Puerto Rico (where his father founded the University of Puerto Rico); grammar school in Birmingham, Alabama, and Boston, Massachusetts; and high school in Paris, France; Hamilton, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. He matriculated to Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University in 1916, but his studies were interrupted by the Great War.
McCormick was enlisted in the United States Navy on April 6, 1917. He served aboard the U.S.S. W. A. Edwards and the U.S.S. Edgar F. Luckenbach. He also served as the naval athletic director, Fifth Naval District, for nine months.