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Book SynopsisJ. Irwin Miller and The Shaping of An American Town tells the life story of this remarkable man who led Cummins Engine Company from its roots as a small, family business to an international Fortune 500 company and transformed Columbus, Indiana, into a gem of midcentury modern architecture.
Trade ReviewJ. Irwin Miller: The Shaping of an American Town (Indiana University Press). "One of the challenges in writing this book – a good challenge, actually – was braiding together into a smooth narrative all the different interests of this man, in some ways an American Medici," writes Kriplen. Not only was Irwin Miller the longtime head of Cummins, the Fortune 500 engine company in Columbus, IN, but he worked with presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson on civil rights legislation, seriously studied the violin, and of course hatched the plan to have top rank architects design public buildings in Columbus, making it a gem of midcentury modern architecture.
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Table of ContentsJ. Irwin Miller Family Tree
1. Lady Bird
2. Joseph
3. Muskoka
4. Irwin
5. Clessie
6. Eliel & Eero
7. Xenia
8. Home
9. Harry
10. JFK, LBJ, JIM
11. Farewells
12. Kiss
13. Mandela
14. Bach
15. a.k.a Pop
16. Afterglow
Notes
Bibliography
Index
