Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.
- Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.
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name = Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.
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birth_date = 1833
birth_place = Elyria, Ohio
death_date = 1919
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occupation = Founder, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc
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children = Herbert Fisk Johnson
Samuel Curtis Johnson (1833 Elyria, Ohio – 1919) created S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc of Racine, Wisconsin.
In 1882 he moved to Racine where he became a parquet flooring salesman for the Racine Hardware Manufacturing Co. In 1886 he purchased the flooring business from the company and renamed it Johnson's Prepared Paste Wax Company. A few years later he established his own factory for manufacturing floor waxes and wood finishes. When his son, Herbert Fisk Johnson became a partner in 1906, the firm was renamed S. C. Johnson & Son. [cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1537&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=J|accessdate=2007-06-18|title=Johnson, Samuel Curtis 1833 - 1919|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|work=Dictionary of Wisconsin History|year=2007] SC Johnson remains privately held by the Johnson family today,and operates in more than 70 countries, employs 12,000 people, and provides products in more than 110 countries around the world. [cite web|url=http://www.scjohnson.com/family/fam_our.asp|title=Our Family Story|accessdate=2007-06-18|publisher=S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.|year=2007]
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is named in his honor.
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