Charles R. Hook Sr.

Charles Ruffin Hook Sr. (July 12, 1880 - November 15, 1963) was an American industrialist, second president of Armco Steel Corp., and recipient of the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1950.

He attended Walnut Hills High School, where he graduated in 1898.

[1] In 1902 Hook started his lifelong career at Armco as night superintendent at the sheet mill.

[1] In 1950 Hook was awarded by the American Management Association and ASME the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal for his accomplishments and for being a "proponent of incentives and industrial peace at Armco Steel Corporation.

Hook died in Maryland November 15, 1963 at the age of 83.