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Armand Hammer The Doctor Who Built An Industrial Empire
New York born Armand Hammer rose from a medical student to a global industrialist and oil magnate. He co founded Hammer Galleries and built distilleries before turning to Occidental Petroleum becoming its president and expanding into oil. He credits seizing opportunity with the motto one thing leads to another and retains his medical license for a fallback.
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Los Angeles
Armand Hammer
Columbia University
Harry
Bellevue Hospital
Russia
Moscow
Lenin
United States
Ford Motor Co
Hammer Industrial Co
Victor
Armand
Hammer Galleries
New York City
Hammer
Marshall Field’s
Chicago
American Distillery Co
Gimbel’s
Schenley Distillers
Shadow Isle Farms
Coltenick
N. J
Mutual Broadcasting System
Occidental Petroleum Co