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George Frederick Baer
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Volunteers, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville)<p>Counsel for <a href="/people/965/000082719/">J. Pierpont Morgan</a>, and served under him in numerous positions. Became counsel of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Co. in 1870, and President of that railroad in 1901, as well as Temple Iron Co., an anthracite mining concern. During a United Mine Workers strike of 1902, Baer refused negotiation with the anthracite miners, citing socially-Darwinist moral reasons that bordered on divine right. The ensuing publicity turned Baer into a temporary icon of arrogance.<p><b>Father:</b> Maj. Solomon Baer<br><p> High School: Somerset Academy<br> University: <a href="/edu/370/000082124/">Franklin and Marshall College (attended 1860-61)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/370/000082124/">President, Franklin and Marshall College (1894-1914)</a><br><p> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=82615" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>