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Earle M. Jorgensen, metals distribution pioneer, dies at 101.(Obituary)
Purchasing, October, 1999
Earle M. Jorgensen, the steel-distribution entrepreneur and the last surviving member of Gov. Ronald Reagan's "kitchen cabinet," died in mid-August at his Los Angeles home. The Brea, Calif.-based company that Jorgensen founded in 1921, now called EMJ Co., grew to sales of more than $1 billion a year, and he remained active in the business until just days before his death at 101. "I can't stop working," Jorgensen told Purchasing after heart bypass surgery in 1995. "I might not get started again."
Jorgensen and his second wife, Marion, were among the social elite of Los Angeles. The couple remained close friends with Ronald and Nancy Reagan for more than 40 years. Jorgensen was among a small group of Reagan advisers who urged the former movie star to run for...
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