Quotes About John J. Raskob

was not that the building won fame for its style, although the WPA Guide said that it had a "directness of expression evident in few commercial buildings," it's because working with General Motors, Shreve and Lamb got to know John J. Raskob of General Motors, who would later call upon them to design the Empire State Building.

John J. Raskob was the money man. Born in Lockport, New York, in 1879, when he was twenty-one he found himself working for Pierre S. du Pont as a bookkeeper. Raskob had a quick and agile mind, and soon became du Pont's secretary.