Philip D. Armour

1832 - 1901

Founder, Largest U.S. Meat Packer, Illinois Institute of Technology

Henry Burden

1791 - 1871

Manufacturer, Inventor, Builder, Innovator, and Philanthropist

William Wallace Cargill

1844 -1909

Founder of Grain, Food Buisiness with Worldwide Operations

Andrew Carnegie

1835 - 1914

Industrial Genius, Benefactor of Millions Everywhere

Peter Cooper

1791 - 1883

Inventor and Manufacturer, Builder of First Practical U.S. Locomotive

John Crerar

1827 - 1889

Merchant and Banker, His Memorial: Chicago's John Crerar Library

Robert Dollar

1844 - 1932

He Built One of the World's Largest Ocean-Going Shipping Lines

Donald W. Douglas

1892 - 1981

His 11,000 Attack Aircraft Helped Win World War II

James J. Hill

1838 - 1916

Organizer, Railroad Builder, Financier, Settler of the American Northwest

Alexander Legge

1866 - 1933

Prominent World War I Administrator, Respected Corporate President

James McDonnell

1899 - 1980

Pioneer Builder of One of the World's Largest Aerospace Companies

Donald McKay

1810 - 1880

Naval Architect, Foremost Designer of Famous Clipper Ships

James Oliver

1823 - 1908

His Equipment Made Life Much Easier for U.S. Farmers

Alexander Turney Stewart

1803 - 1876

Humble Immigrant Becomes the Richest Man in the United States

Henry Strong

1829 - 1911

Prominent Attorney, Philanthropist, President of Santa Fe Railroad

Henry A. Wallace

1888 - 1965

He Helped Quadruple Production of Corn in Just One Generation