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Davis, Arthur Vining

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Davis, Arthur Vining (1867–1962)

US industrialist and philanthropist. In 1888, at the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, he poured the first commercial aluminium. His company became the USA's premier manufacturer of aluminium, earning him a fortune, most of which he donated to the Davis Foundation.

He was born in Sharon, Massachusetts. By 1907, as director of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, he changed its name to the Aluminium Company of America (Alcoa) and he served as general manager, president, and chairman of the board until retiring in 1958. The firm often had to fend off antitrust suits from the government. The Davis Foundation supports educational, scientific, and cultural institutions



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