Lucius P. Ordway
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Lucius P. Ordway, along with Edgar Ober, purchased the company from the original founders in 1905. Under his advisement the company moved its operations to Saint Paul.
This file appears in: 3M Vision & Growth
3M Vision & Growth
In the Beginning an Idea
The growth of 3M from its modest beginnings in 1902 to an international corporation was due to vision and persistence. The four company founders had a vision of mining…