Clifford Hood


Clifford F. Hood was an American business executive who served as president of U.S. Steel.

Biography

Hood was born 1894, near Monmouth, Illinois, and worked as a water boy from age 10. He graduated from Galesburg High School, and attended the University of [Illinois System]. In 1917, he was hired as a clerk for the American Steel and Wire Company. He served in the military during World War I, and continued working at U.S. steel, becoming president of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company subsidiary on January 1, 1950. He was appointed president of U.S. steel on January 1, 1952, serving until 1959. During his presidency, U.S. Steel manufactured its billionth ton of steel. He continued working with the company as a chairman until 1967, when he retired and moved to Palm [Beach, Florida], where he died on November 9, 1978, aged 84.

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