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Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (incorporated in Delaware). This company, which became known as the Delaware Company, had been incorporated on August 29, 1927, and was established to take over the manufacturing and marketing functions, and assets of
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American higher education. In 1952, he founded the Council for Financial Aid to Education and served as its chairman. He also served as chairman of the Fund for the Advancement of Education within the
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helped to broaden the definition of social responsibility he believe should guide Jersey. Each of the directors–and most of the company executives–assumed a role in explaining this public-corporate relationship. But here, Abrams excelled.
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Standard, as well as stock of several of Jersey's affiliate companies. The Delaware Company's first president was Charles G. Black, a Jersey director. In June 1933, Abrams succeeded Black as the Delaware Company's president.
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Jersey in 1940 and appointed a vice-president in 1944. At the beginning of 1946, he became chairman of the board of directors, succeeding
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