Charles Perry Mccormick

Background

Mccormick, Charles Perry was born on June 9, 1896 in Morelia, Mexico (of American parents). Son of Review Hugh Pendleton and Anne Pauline (Perry) Mccormick.

Education

Educated schools in Puerto Rico, Birmingham, Alabama, Paris, France, graduate Baltimore City College, 1915. Johns Hopkins, 1919; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Presbyterian College.

Career

Athletic director 5th Naval District for 9 months. Served overseas on South.S. Edgar F. Luckenbach. Honorary discharge, 1919.

With McCormick & Company, Incorporated., importers, exporters, grinders, Baltimore.

Vice president, 1928-1932, president, 1932-1955, then chairman, now director Chairman McCormick Foods (United Kingdom), Limited., London, England.

Past Chairman of the Board Baltimore branch Federal Reserve Bank, 1939. Formerly director, chairman and federal agent Richmond (Virginia) Federal Reserve Bank.

Director Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Equitable Trust Company Baltimore Chairman Maryland.

Board Agriculture Past vice president American Heart Fund, 1960-1961. Chairman Civic Center Commission Baltimore, 1956-1965. Past president Baltimore Convention Bureau Past director Chamber of Commerce United States.

Graduate member Business Council, 1947-1966, honorary member, 1967-1970, former member import advising committee unites states department Commerce.

Past director Council of the United States Associates of International Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated., past trustee Nutrition Foundation. Chairman of the Board regents U. Maryland.

Director Boys Clubs American, Incorporated., Chamber of Commerce Metropolitan Baltimore (vice president). Past president Better Business Bureau Baltimore.

Maryland. chairman Savings Bonds Advisory Committee, 1963-1964.

Past chairman Army & Navy, Incorporated. (3d Corps Area); United States Employer delegate to International Labor Organisation, 1949-1952, vice president Conference, 1952. Past president International Organisation Employers.

Advisory Senate sub-commission on relations with International Orgns.

Formerly vice president, president, Chairman of the Board Question Manager Association Past director Baltimore School Commissioners (1939), American Management Association. Past president Baltimore Export Mgrs.

Club, Mayonnaise Products Manufacturers Association of America, Incorporated., National Association Insecticide & Disinfectant Manufacturers Past member Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission. Advisory council, past chairman Maryland.

Employment Service.

Achievements

• Charles Perry Mccormick has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Royal Society Arts London, Maryland. History Society, Academy Political Science, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (honorary life), Junior Chamber International (senator Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner, Jester).

Clubs: Baltimore Country, Maryland, Alfalfa, Asparagus (honorary), Annapolis Yacht.

Connections

Children: Rosalie McC., Charles Perry, John G., and Robert North. Joined United States Navy, April 17, 1917.