| 词条 | William F. May |
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May was born in Chicago in 1915 and raised in the suburb of Oak Park.[2] He graduated from Oak Park High School and earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester in 1937.[1] He pursued graduate studies at both the University of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology.[1] In the 1930s, May joined DuPont as part of a research team which developed the first rust-proof paint.[1][2] He was hired by the American Can Company in 1940, based in a laboratory in Maywood, Illinois.[2] May became head of the American Can Company and shepherded the company through fifteen years of expansion and growth from 1965.[1] He spearheaded American Can Company's relocation of its corporate headquarters to Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1972.[2] May was elected to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' board of directors in 1967.[1] He was tasked with establishing a new film department for Lincoln Center.[1] He worked as the program's chief fundraiser, while two other members of the committee handled artistic contributions, Richard Roud and Amos Vogel, both of whom founded the New York Film Festival.[1] However, Lincoln Center withdrew financial support from the committee in 1968 due to financial woes.[1] May searched for new financial donors. In 1969, May and two Lincoln Center executives, Schuyler G. Chapin and Martin E. Segal, co-founded the Film Society of Lincoln Center.[1] May retired from the American Can Company in 1980.[2] He served as the dean of what is now called the New York University Stern School of Business for four years.[1][2] He later became the chief executive of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, eventually becoming chairman emeritus in 2006.[2] William May died on September 18, 2011, in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he resided since 1970, at the age of 95.[1] Before moving to Greenwich, he and his family had lived in nearby Chappaqua, New York.[2] He was survived by his wife, Kathleen; two daughters; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite news|first=William|last=Grimes|title=William F. May, 95, Dies; Helped Found Film Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/business/william-f-may-95-dies-helped-found-lincoln-center-film-society.html?_r=1 |work=New York Times |publisher= |date=2011-09-20|accessdate=2011-09-22}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:May, William F.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|first=Lisa|last=Chamoff|title=William May, former chairman and CEO of Greenwich's American Can Co., dies at 95 |url=http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/William-May-former-chairman-and-CEO-of-2184470.php |work=Connecticut Post |publisher= |date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-10-02}} 15 : 1915 births|2011 deaths|American businesspeople|American chemical engineers|New York University faculty|University of Rochester alumni|People from Oak Park, Illinois|Businesspeople from Greenwich, Connecticut|People from Chappaqua, New York|Guggenheim Fellows|Engineers from Connecticut|Engineers from New York (state)|Engineers from Illinois|Scientists from New York (state)|American Can Company |
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