Ragnar Benson (contractor)
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Ragnar Benson (contractor)
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Eric Ragnar Benson was a Swedish-American building contractor in Chicago whose firm was one of the ten largest in the United States and employed thousands. Benson was the son of Karl Edvard Bengtsson and Matilda Bengtsdotter, and one of 10 children. He arrived without means in the United States at age 11, became a stonemason and bricklayer, created Ragnar Benson Inc. in 1922 and by 1969 was given the Horatio Alger Award. His firm worked for many major U. S. companies, built Chrysler assembly pla
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Swedish-American building contractor
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2024-03-13T04:12:20Z
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