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Show Worthington to Head Columbia Geneva Steel NEW YORK, N.Y. January 14. Appointment of Leslie B. Worthington Worth-ington of Chicago as president of Columbia-Geneva Steel Division of United States Steel Corporation, with headquarters in San Francisco, Francis-co, was announced today by Clifford Clif-ford F. Hood, president of U.S. Steel. In his new post, Mr. Worthington Worthing-ton succeeds the late Alden G. Roach. For the past 11 years, Mr. Worthington has been president of United States Steel Supply Division, Divi-sion, whose main offices are in Chicago. The Division operates 18 warehouses, including those located locat-ed at Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, Ore. Following graduation from the University of Illinois with a B.S. degree in 1923, Mr. Worthington began his career with U.S. Steel as a sales apprentice at the South Chicago Works of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. He became assistant as-sistant manager of sales in the Chicago District of Carnegie-Il-lincds in 1933, and two years later, was appointed manager of the St. Paul District sales office. Subsequently, Subse-quently, he was attached to the Detroit sales office for five years before being transferred to Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, where he was in charge of bar, strip and semi-finished materials ma-terials for Carnegie-Illinois. In 1942, Mr. Worthinsrt. elected vice president of United States Steel and Supply Division, becoming its president in 1946. Mr. Worthington is a director of the University of Illinois Foundation Foun-dation and vice president of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the American Am-erican Steel Warehouse Association Associa-tion and of the American Iron and Steel Institute. He alsoi is a member mem-ber of the Chicago Club, Chicago Athletic Club, and Westmoreland (Illinois) Country Club, and the Duquesne, Club in Pittsburgh. |