Mr. Martha M. Daniels This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Swallow Hill: Denver's Home for Folk, Roots and Acoustic Music

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   Published on: 9/22/2006   Last Visited: 12/11/2007

   Mr. Daniels was graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1939, Yale University, 1943, and the Advanced Management Program, Harvard, 1957. In World War II he served from 2nd Lt. to Capt., in the European theatre, with the 738th Field Artillery Battalion of 8-inch howitzers. He was awarded the Bronze Star. In later life he served as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army, and was awarded the U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal. After World War II, he joined Archer Daniels Midland Co., an agricultural products firm then based in Minneapolis, where he served in various capacities for 50 years. He became President and CEO of ADM in 1958. He served on ADM's Board of Directors from 1958 through 1996, performing as Chairman of the Board from 1968 through 1972. He also served as a member of the Executive Committee. In his final two years as a Board member he Co-chaired with former Canadian PM, Brian Mulroney, the Special Shareholders' Committee which represented the interests of ADM's shareholders in a Federal law-enforcement investigation into the misconduct of ADM executives. He served as President of Mulberry Plantation, Inc. from 1970 until 1993. He was a Master of Foxhounds of The Camden Hunt (SC). He co-founded and served as the joint master of two foxhunts, The Long Lake Hounds (MN) and The Old Stonington Hunt (Ill.) Mr. Daniels became a member of The Business Council in 1962. He was a member of the Committee for Economic Development. He was a member of the Woodhill Country Club, The Elizabethan Club, The Grolier Club, The Links Club, The Lafayette Club and The Camden Country Club and a former director of The Springdale Hall Club.
   
   While at Yale, Mr. Daniels was a member of the singing groups, The Wiffenpoofs and The Spizzwinks and remained a lifelong supporter of those organizations. Also at Yale, Mr. Daniels was captain of the Yale Polo team, a sport he continued to play and follow later in life. He has served as a Trustee of the Yale Library Associates, The Exeter Trustees Council and as Permanent Secretary, 738th Field Artillery Battalion Association. For many years and until his death he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Carolina Cup and Colonial Cup steeplechases, held in spring and fall in Camden, SC.