Clifford Hood

Hood was born 1894, near Monmouth, Illinois, and worked as a water boy from age 10. He graduated from Galesburg High School,^[1] and attended the University of Illinois System.^[2] 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,^[3] serving until 1959. During his presidency, U.S. Steel manufactured its billionth ton of steel.^[1] 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.^[4]

• Horatio Alger Award — 1954