Colonel George Dennick Wick (February 19, 1854 - April 15, 1912) was an American industrialist who served as founding president of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, one of the nation's largest steel-manufacturing firms.^[1] He perished in the Atlantic during the sinking of the RMS Titanic.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: , Country United States State Ohio Counties Mahoning Founded 1796 Incorporated 1848 (village) - 1867 (city) Government  - Mayor Jay Williams (I) Area  - City  34. ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company was one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world. ... The Atlantic Ocean forms a component of the all-encompassing World Ocean and is directly linked to the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean. ... RMS Titanic was a British Olympic class passenger liner that became famous for her collision with an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and dramatic sinking on 15 April 1912. ...

Early life and career

Wick was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where his family was established in the sectors of real estate and banking.^[3] Nineteenth-century Youngstown was a center of coal mining and iron production; and Wick, a resourceful entrepreneur, launched several ventures with business partner James A. Campbell,^[3] who later served as director of the American Iron and Steel Institute.^[4] Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: , Country United States State Ohio Counties Mahoning Founded 1796 Incorporated 1848 (village) - 1867 (city) Government  - Mayor Jay Williams (I) Area  - City  34. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of it own, see The Corporate Machine. ... James A. Campbell (September 11, 1854 - September 20, 1933) was a business leader best known for his role as chairman of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, one of the largest steel-production plants in the United States. ... The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is an association of North American steel producers formed in 1855. ...

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company

In 1895, Wick and Campbell organized the Mahoning Valley Iron Company, with Wick as president. Five years later, the two men resigned from the firm when it was taken over by the Republic Iron and Steel Company,^[5] and their next project would come in response to major changes that occurred in the community's industrial sector. Youngstown's industrial leaders began to convert from iron to steel manufacturing at the turn of the century, a period that also saw a wave of consolidations that placed much of the community's industry in the hands of national corporations.^[6] To the rising concern of many area industrialists, U.S. Steel, shortly after its establishment in 1901, absorbed Youngstown's premier steel producer, the National Steel Company.^[6] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 513 pixel Image in higher resolution (1069 × 686 pixel, file size: 109 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Youngstown Sheet and Tube (Campbell Works), 1920s Author: Youngstown News Agency, Youngstown, Ohio (postcard) This image is in the public domain in... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 513 pixel Image in higher resolution (1069 × 686 pixel, file size: 109 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Youngstown Sheet and Tube (Campbell Works), 1920s Author: Youngstown News Agency, Youngstown, Ohio (postcard) This image is in the public domain in... Republic Steel was once the third largest steel producer in the United States. ... Consolidation is the act of merging many things into one. ... Corporate redirects here. ... The United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. ...

During the previous year, however, Wick and Campbell pooled resources with other local investors who wanted to maintain significant levels of local ownership within the city's manufacturing sector.^[6] The group established the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company with $600,000 in capital^[3] and eventually turned it into one of the nation's most important steel producers.^[7] Wick, who emerged as the steel company's first president in 1900, appointed Campbell as secretary. Two years later, Campbell rose to the position of vice president; and in 1904, he began his long tenure as president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube.^[8] Wick, meanwhile, was forced to take an extended leave of absence because of health problems, though he returned to the company a few years before his death.^[9]

Death on the Titanic

RMS Titanic

Wick embarked on a European tour in 1912, in an effort to restore his health. He was joined by his wife, Mary Hitchcock Wick; his daughter, Mary Natalie Wick; a cousin, Caroline Bonnell; and Caroline's English aunt, Elizabeth Bonnell.^[3] On April 10, 1912, the group boarded the RMS Titanic, at Southampton, England. The new luxury liner was bound for New York, with 2,224 passengers and crew aboard.^[10] Image File history File links RMS_Titanic_sea_trials_April_2,_1912. ... Image File history File links RMS_Titanic_sea_trials_April_2,_1912. ... Languages English Religions Christianity (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and other minority denominations), and other faiths. ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This page discusses the English city of Southampton. ... NY redirects here. ...

At 11:45 p.m., on April 14, one of the ship's lookouts rang a bell to signal that an object lay directly in the ship's path. The vessel turned to avoid a collision, but the submerged portion of an iceberg gouged its bulkhead and bilges.^[10] In the confusion that followed, Wick was last seen on the deck of the sinking ocean liner, waving to relatives as they were helped into lifeboats.^[11] Caroline Bonnell, who boarded one of the first lifeboats dispatched from the ship, told reporters what happened later: "There was a big wave. The sea was calm, otherwise, and I asked a sailor what it was. He said, 'the Titanic has sunk!'"^[12] Wick's body was never recovered.^[13] Icebergs at Cape York, Greenland Iceberg at Cape York, Greenland Iceberg, Tèmpanos, Patagonia, Argentina. ... A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship. ... The bilge is the compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects so that it may be pumped out of the vessel at a later time. ... Severn class lifeboat in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. ...

Following official confirmation that George D. Wick was lost at sea, Youngstown's municipal government declared that all local factories, businesses, and schools should observe five minutes of silence at 11 a.m. on April 24, 1912, to honor the industrialist's memory.^[13] Meanwhile, the Wick family's pew at the city's First Presbyterian Church was roped off, and flags throughout the community were flown at half mast.^[3] A memorial monument was later erected for Wick at Youngstown's Oak Hill Cemetery.^[13] is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ...

Legacy

The steel company Wick helped to organize flourished for many decades. In 1923, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company purchased plants in the Chicago area whose output represented about one-third of the company's total national production capacity. Following a slump in the 1960s, however, owners attempted to revamp the company's Youngstown operations with profits generated from newer plants in Illinois and Indiana. This strategy was abandoned after Youngstown Sheet and Tube was taken over by Lykes Industries, which closed Youngstown's steel plants in the 1970s.^[14] Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  Ranked 38th  - Total 36,418 sq mi (94,321 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 270 miles (435 km)  - % water 1. ...

References

1. ^ Jenkins, Janie S. "Col. Wick Lost Life in Sinking -- Tragedy of the Titanic Left Its Mark on City", Youngstown Vindicator, April 15, 1977, p. 8. 
2. ^ Feagler, Linda. "Fate-filled Voyage", Ohio Magazine, April 2005, p. 82. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Klein, Miriam R. "Il-Fated Voyage Of Titanic Claimed Area Industrialist", The Metro Monthly, January 1998, p. 6. 
4. ^ Fuechtmann, Thomas G. (1989). Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown. New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 12. 
5. ^ OhioPix Accessed 2007-03-27
6. ^ ^{a b c} Blue, Frederick J.; et al. (1995). Mahoning Memories: A History of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, p. 94. ISBN 0898659442. 
7. ^ Fuechtmann, Thomas G. (1989). Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown. New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 16. ISBN 0521334810. 
8. ^ "Death Ends J. A. Campbell's Career; Sudden Attack Is Fatal to Sheet & Tube's Builder", The Youngstown Vindicator, September 21, 1933, p. 1. 
9. ^ OhioPix Accessed 2007-03-27
10. ^ ^{a b} "Titanic Sank 20 Years Ago: Worst Sea Disaster in History Recalled--Four Youngstowners on Board", The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, April 14, 1932. 
11. ^ "Miss Bonnell's Graphic Story Of The Rescue of Survivors", The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, April 19, 1912. 
12. ^ "Tells of Women Pulling Oars; Youngstown Woman Relates Story of Escape from Sinking Titanic", The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 19, 1912, p. 1. 
13. ^ ^{a b c} "Catastrophe at Sea Stunned City 25 Years Ago Tonight", The Youngstown Daily Vindicator, April 14, 1937. 
14. ^ Fuechtmann, Thomas G. (1989). Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 41-43. ISBN 0521334810.