[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13-S14]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HAROLD A. SHAUB: NOVEMBER 28, 1915-NOVEMBER 29, 1998

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, although the late Honorable Harold A. Shaub 
was not a citizen of my State, I regarded his friendship, and his 
interest in North Carolina, sufficient to qualify him to be declared an 
honorary Tar Heel.
  He was a remarkable gentleman whom I met casually one morning when he 
was trying to find the office of then Senator Curtis of Nebraska. From 
that day on, he was a friend for whom I had great admiration. He 
visited occasionally when he was in Washington, and I enjoyed his 
company fairly often in the Senate Dining Room. Occasionally, Mrs. 
Shaub and one or more of his and Mrs. Shaub's children joined us.
  Mr. President, there was not one iota of pretense in Harold Shaub's 
personality. Yet he was one of America's leading business men, perhaps 
most notably as president and chief executive officer of the Campbell 
Soup Co.
  I never asked Harold for a special favor, nor did he of me. There was 
one occasion, a number of years ago, when North Carolina was one of the 
States seeking to acquire a Campbell Soup Co. plant. I had studied the 
data on each of the States competing against mine for the Campbell 
plant. I was convinced that North Carolina met Campbell Soup's needs 
better than did our competitors. So I called Harold, told him of my 
interest in the proposed plant, and asked if he would object to my 
sending to him the details of why I sincerely believed North Carolina 
should be chosen.
  His response was that I should send the information as quickly as 
possible because the first decision deadline was near. I did--that very 
day. Within a week, he was on the telephone. He said, simply: ``I 
suspect you would be wise to make arrangements for some news about a 
new corporate citizen coming to North Carolina.''
  Mr. President, I have at hand an obituary about my friend, Harold 
Shaub, published in Pennsylvania. I ask that it be printed in the 
Record.

          Harold A. Shaub: November 28, 1915-November 29, 1998

       Harold A. Shaub, 83, former President and Chief Executive 
     Officer of the Campbell Soup Company, died November 29 in 
     Bryn Mawr Hospital of heart failure.
       Mr. Shaub, a native of Lancaster County, was a resident of 
     the Gladwyne/Bryn Mawr area for the past 30 years. He 
     graduated from Drexel University in 1939 with a Bachelor of 
     Science degree in Commerce.
       Mr. Shaub's career at the Campbell Soup Company spanned 38 
     years. He joined the Company in 1942 as Assistant to the 
     General Superintendent of the Camden, New Jersey plant and 
     subsequently held other supervisory positions there and at 
     the Company's Chicago plant. In 1957 he was elected Vice 
     President/General Manager of the Campbell Soup Company Ltd., 
     the Canadian subsidiary headquartered in Toronto, and from 
     1961 to 1966 served as President of the Canadian Company. 
     From 1966 to 1968 he was President of Pepperidge Farm, Inc. 
     in Norwalk, Connecticut.
       Mr. Shaub returned to the Philadelphia area in 1968 
     following his transfer to the Campbell Soup Company's 
     headquarters in Camden, New Jersey. He served as Senior Vice 
     President and then Executive Vice President prior to serving 
     as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1972 through 
     1980. He was elected to the Campbell Soup Company Board of 
     Directors in 1970 and served on the Board until 1988.
       In addition in serving as a Director for the Campbell Soup 
     Company, Mr. Shaub served

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     on the Board of Directors of the Exxon Corporation, R.H. Macy 
     & Co., Scott Paper Company, The Federal Reserve Bank in 
     Philadelphia, New Jersey Bell Telephone, Westminster Paper 
     Company, LTD., the Food Processors Institute, and the Grocery 
     Manufacturers of America. He was also a member of the 
     National Association of Manufacturers, the International 
     Advisory Council of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 
     Toronto, the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, the 
     Industries Advisory Committee of the Advertising Council, and 
     The Conference Board.
       He was a Past Chairman of the Penjerdel Corporation, a 
     regional business organization serving eleven counties in 
     Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. He played a key role 
     in the successful effort that brought the Saratoga for 
     overhaul to the Philadelphia Shipyard.
       Throughout his lifetime Mr. Shaub was committed to 
     community service. He served on the Drexel University Board 
     of Trustees and was named an Emeritus Trustee. He was a Life 
     Trustee and Distinguished Fellow for the Cornell Institute 
     for Medical Research. His directorships included the United 
     Medical Corporation in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Queenway 
     General Hospital in Toronto; the Citizens Crime Commission in 
     Philadelphia; and Valley Forge Military Academy and Junior 
     College. He was also a member of the Board of Managers of The 
     Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and a former Trustee of 
     the Nutrition Foundation and the Foundation of the College of 
     Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He had worked on behalf 
     of many other organizations including the Boy Scouts of 
     America, the United Way, and the Cooper Medical Center.
       Mr. Shaub was the recipient of many awards and honors. The 
     Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Penjerdel Council 
     awarded him the prestigious William Penn Award in 1980 and 
     honored him as one of Fifty Distinguished Pennsylvanians in 
     1979. In 1979, he also received the U.S. Marine Corps Semper 
     Fidelis Award and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from 
     Lebanon Valley College. He received the Corporate Leadership 
     Award in 1976 and the South Jersey Chamber of Commerce named 
     him Businessman of the Year in 1980. Drexel University 
     honored him numerous times, naming him Drexel Businessman of 
     the Year in 1973 and conferring upon him the A.J. Drexel Paul 
     Award in 1975, the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, 
     and ``The Drexel 100'' Award in 1992.
       Mr. Shaub was a world traveler and outdoorsman. He was an 
     avid salmon and trout fisherman and a charter member of the 
     Tunkhanna Fishing Association in the Paconos where he shared 
     his enthusiasm for fly fishing with others and worked to 
     preserve the trout stream and surrounding area.
       He was predeceased by his son Harold (Bud) Shaub Jr. He is 
     survived by his wife Eileen, his son John Shaub of Oakville, 
     Ontario, Canada; and daughters Carole Hoffman of Dayton, 
     Ohio; and Lynn Benton of Ellicott City, Maryland; 10 
     grandchildren; and 9 great grandchildren.
       A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 14 at 
     11:00 a.m. at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery 
     Avenue, Bryn Mawr. A private burial service will be held in 
     Lancaster County. Donations in Mr. Shaub's memory may be made 
     to the Cornell Institute for Medical Research, 401 Haddon 
     Avenue, Camden, NJ 08103.

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