Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.

Howard Malcolm Baldrige, Jr. ( born October 4, 1922 in Omaha, Nebraska; † July 25, 1987 in Walnut Creek, California ) was an American entrepreneurs, managers and politicians.

Biography

Baldrige, son of the Congressman Howard M. Baldrige from Nebraska, studied English at Yale University and graduated in 1942 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from. He then began his military service in the United States Army as a private in the Pacific War. During his military service, he was promoted to captain and retired in 1946 from active military service.

After his return, he worked as mill workers and then as a foreman in the foundry of the Easter Malleable Iron Company. In 1960 he was finally himself owner of this company. In 1962, he was Vice President of the Scovill Corporation and monitored in this function some acquisitions, until he was finally himself President in 1972, this internationally-oriented company.

During this time Baldrige was an active member of the Republican Party and as such in 1968 head of the presidential election campaign of Richard Nixon in Connecticut. He accepted this task in 1980 for George Bush. After Bush Ronald Reagan had become a vice presidential candidate for the presidential election in the United States in 1980, located Baldrige operated as a fundraiser for their election campaign.

After the election of Reagan as U.S. president Baldrige was appointed by the latter to the Minister of Commerce ( Secretary of Commerce ) in his cabinet. He held this office until his death. Baldrige, an avid rider since childhood, was born on July 25, 1987 at a rodeo accident.

On October 17, 1988, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Reagan, in addition to the peer Golden Congressional Medal of Honor one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States.

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a prestigious, award annual Quality Award, is named after Malcolm Baldridge.

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