Charles Ruffin Hook Sr. (July 12, 1880 - November 15, 1963) was an American industrialist, second president of Armco Steel Corp., and recipient of the

Henry Laurence Gantt Medal The Henry Laurence Gantt Medal was established in 1929 by the American Management Association and the Management section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for "distinguished achievement in management and service to the community" in h ...

in 1950.

Life and work

Hook was born and raised in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, Hamilton County as son of Henry Hamilton Hook and Katherine (Klusman) Hook. He attended

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, where he graduated in 1898.''Who's who in Finance and Industry.'' Marquis Who's Who, 1959. p. 554 In 1902 Hook started his lifelong career at Armco as night superintendent at the sheet mill. Hook served as president of Armco Steel from 1930 to 1948, and later served as chairman of its board from 1948 to 1959. In the 1930s he also served as president of the

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. Hook was awarded a series of honorary degrees, such as the D.Eng from Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1935, and from the

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in 1944; the LL.D. from

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in 1939, from

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in 1941, from

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in 1951, from Cedarville University in 1951, from

Marietta College Marietta College (MC) is a private liberal arts college in Marietta, Ohio. It offers more than 50 undergraduate majors across the arts, sciences, and engineering, as well as Physician Assistant, Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a ...

in 1952, and from

Centre College Centre College is a private liberal arts college in Danville, Kentucky. It is an undergraduate college with an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. Centre was officially chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1819. The college is a ...

in 1955; the DCS from

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in 1938; the Dr. Humanities from

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in 1950; and the Dr. Public Service from the University of Cincinnati in 1956. In 1950 Hook was awarded by the

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and

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the

for his accomplishments and for being a "proponent of incentives and industrial peace at Armco Steel Corporation."Lester Robert Bittel, Muriel Albers Bittel. ''Encyclopedia of professional management'', 1978. p. 456 in 1950. Hook died in

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November 15, 1963 at the age of 83.

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Charles R. Hook - Leadership - Harvard Business School
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