B. F. Affleck

Benjamin Franklin Affleck (March 1, 1869 - February 13, 1944) was an American cement businessman in the Chicago, Illinois area. He was noted by colleagues and area residents for his rise from humble beginnings as a machinist to the head of sales and later the presidency of the Universal Portland Cement Company.
Career
Born in Belleville, Illinois, Affleck was educated in the public schools there. As a young man, he spent four years working for the Harrison Machine Works company in his home town, leaving afterwards to work for American Express.
Affleck became president of the Universal Atlas Cement Company after its merger with the Universal Portland Cement Company in January 1930; however, he retired from the position just six years later, in 1936.
Personal life
Affleck lived in Winnetka, a middle-class suburb, for some time; by the 1920s, he was well-off enough financially to move to Lake Forest. Affleck was married twice, his first wife was Agnes Adams. B. F. Affleck, and Agnes Adams, had one daughter, Mildred, born in 1904. Agnes Adams Affleck passed away in 1918 from influenza. Mr. Affleck married Irene Mansfield of Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1921. B. F. Affleck's second daughter, Jane Mansfield Affleck was born in October 1921. His daughter Mildred, married Victor Spoehr of Winnetka in October 1923. His daughter Jane, married Maurice Peacock Jr. of Philadelphia in November 1946. Affleck served as trustee of a number of local institutions, including the Field Museum of Natural History, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Association of Commerce, while his wife was active in the Alliance française and the Chicago Woman's Musical
Club. Around that time, he also founded the Chicago Benjamin Franklins, an association of people with the given name Benjamin Franklin; they often held events in honor of the most famous Ben Franklin. He also belonged to a number of industry associations, including the American Concrete Institute.
Affleck moved back to Winnetka in 1933, A steamer of the United States Steel Corporation was named in his honor.<ref name="Greenwood"/>

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