Chauncey Brooks McCormick was an American businessman and art collector in the McCormick family.
11 Facts About Chauncey McCormick
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Chauncey McCormick's mother was Eleanor Brooks, daughter of Walter Brooks of Baltimore.
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Chauncey McCormick's father was William Grigsby McCormick, whose father William Sanderson McCormick was one of the founders of McCormick Harvester, which merged in 1902 with the Deering Harvester Company founded by William Deering and others to form International Harvester Corporation.
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Chauncey McCormick's father founded Kappa Sigma fraternity, and owned insurance and real estate businesses before becoming a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Chauncey Brooks McCormick was born December 7,1884, the sixth of seven children.
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Chauncey McCormick attended Groton School and graduated from Yale University in 1907.
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On July 6,1914, Chauncey McCormick married Charles Deering's daughter Marion Deering in Paris.
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Chauncey McCormick joined the American Expeditionary Forces with the rank of captain, using his connections to supply food and medical supplies to refugees.
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Chauncey McCormick used his connections instead to lobby for displaying the most important works he could find.
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Chauncey McCormick was a member of the International Harvester Board of Directors from 1936 until his death in 1954.
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Chauncey McCormick died on September 8,1954, while at a vacation home in Seal Harbor, Maine, and left his papers to the Newberry Library.