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John Milton Hancock John Milton Hancock John Milton Hancock (February 2, 1883 - September 25, 1956) was an American engineer, navy man, interim-manager and Wall Street banker. He is known for distinguished achievement in industrial management in the privat and public sector, for which he has been awarded the Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in 1944. Born in Emerado, North Dakota in 1883, Hancock was the son of Henry and Isabel (Irvine) Hancock. A 1950 newspaper article recalled,that "it was thirty below zero the February 2, 1883, that John Milton Hancock was born in Emerado... by the light of a kerosene lamp. If life