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Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968)

  • 1950s

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Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968), U.S. industrialist and chairman of Monsanto Chemical Works / Monsanto Chemical Company from 1928 to 1960. The son of Monsanto Chemical Works founder John Francis Queeny, Edgar Monsanto Queeny is credited with navigating the company through the 1929 stock market crisis and for managing its expansion from a small chemical company specializing in commodity food additives like artificial sweeteners to a global agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation.

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  • Box 12

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“Portrait of Edgar Monsanto Queeny (1897-1968),” 1950–1959. Williams Haynes Portrait Collection, Box 12. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/t148fh78n.

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