William B. Dickson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William B. Dickson

American business executive (1865-1942)

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1865

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1942

Profession: business executive

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Brown Dickson (November 6, 1865 – January 28, 1942) was a business executive in the American steel industry.
Starting his career as a common laborer in the Homestead Steel Works of Carnegie Steel at the age of 15, he rose to become vice president of Carnegie Steel, U.S.
Steel, and Midvale Steel.
He was an outspoken advocate for the end of the seven-day week and the twelve-hour day in the steel industry and became a proponent of "industrial democracy" based on stock ownership by employees. Dickson was one of the last of Andrew Carnegie's "young geniuses" to rise through the ranks to become a junior partner in Carnegie Steel, where he designed America's first corporate safety department and pension plan.
When J.P.
Morgan founded U.S.
Steel in 1901, Dickson became assistant to the president of the new corporation and later first vice president.
In 1915, he became vice president, treasurer, and director of Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, which during World War I was the third largest steel company in the United States (after U.S.
Steel and Bethlehem Steel).
Dickson envisioned an equal partnership between labor and capital.
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company pioneered employee ownership and management and became one of America's most progressive industrial companies.
Dickson retired in 1923 at age fifty-eight.