GEORGE MAGOFFIN HUMPHREY, 62, lawyer and industrialist.
Family & Early Years: Born at Cheboygan, Mich, of Scottish-English ancestry. His father, Watts S. Humphrey, was a lawyer. After taking engineering courses along the way, George graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1912, became the second Humphrey in his father's firm (Humphrey, Grant & Humphrey) in Saginaw. In 1913, he married Pamela Stark, his school-day sweetheart. They have two daughters and a son (another son died), and eight grandchildren.
Business Career: Although he is little known to politicians and public, Humphrey is one of the country's liveliest (and quietest) industrialists. As head...
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