Members included Ford Motor, Amtrak, DuPont, Dow Corning, American Electric Power, International Paper and Waste Management, along with the states of Illinois and New Mexico, seven cities and a number of universities.

FORBES: Magazine Article

On our desks, we had the essential supplies of the time: a bag of cookies, a pile of letters, an electric typewriter, a bottle of Liquid Paper and a roll of toilet paper.

FORBES: Swelling Nostalgia For Gold-Backed Money And A Balanced Budget Amendment

The world got rich by inventing cheap steel, electric lights, marine insurance, reinforced concrete, coffee shops, saw mills, newspapers, automatic looms, cheap paper, modern universities, the transistor, cheap porcelain, corporations, rolling mills, liberation for women, railways.

FORBES: Yes, Gawker, 'The Good Rich' Do Exist