| Show t big men from small towns 4 t t 4 4 f CHARLES id SCHWAB one of the outstanding in american business and public life is charles al M schwab he is respected and admired throughout hout the civilized would world lie he was bom boin in an american small town williamsburg pa in 1862 lie he holds many honorary college degrees and has been honored here and abroad in hundreds of ways he is one of the richest and most influential men alive today how did schwab start his career he was educated at the village school at loretta pa where his family moved when he was five years old and at st francis college he drove a stage coach from loretta to cresson pa a distance ot of five miles when a boy later he entered the services of the carnegie company as a stake driver in the engineering corps of the edgar thompson steel works finally becoming chief engineer and assistant ma manager mager iii his 3 rise in the steel industry wis rapid in 1897 he became president of the carnegie steel company four years after he be headed the U S steel corporation later his business activities became so varied that it would bo be I 1 I 1 impossible to enumerate them all here it may be said however that he be became figure in the great steel industry at bethlehem pa think of it this little boy from williamsburg pa who drove a stage coach and was educated in a little red school house Is the directing genius of one of americas greatest industries giuly it is an inspiring story and even more inspiring is the thought of his work as the director general of the united states shipping board emergency fleet corporation when lie he contributed valuable services to the american government during the world war inspiring also are his numerous charitable and philana philanthropic brodic activities tivi ties he built a new catholic church costing at loretto pa where he be spent his early formative years ile he established an industrial school at homestead pa an auditorium for the pennsylvania state coll ge a catholic at braddock pa a home for children at staten island new york and a school at weatherly ergy jy pa and numerous other worthy projects have had his financial support he has a great personal charm and is an excellent speaker on public questions his hl i business sagacity and endearing personal qualities have won wan him universal univ eisal praise the career of the former stage coach driver and stake driver who by dint of tremendous talent and capacity tor for work became a great steel king and should prove of genuine inspiration to the small town boys of america |
