John Smale, Former CEO of P&G and Chairman of GM, Dies at 84

Former Procter & Gamble Co. Chairman and CEO John Smale died Saturday at age 84, leaving behind a legacy that included transforming the company and, after his retirement, shaking up the management and institution management P & G brand-model General Motors Corp.

Born in Listowel, Ontario, in 1927, Mr. Smale joined P & G in 1952, working first on the Gleem toothpaste. But he had a brief career before joining the company, working three years as a salesman for Vick Chemical Co., whose successor, it ends up to P & G via the acquisition of decades later.

He already showed a marketing bent of sorts during college at Miami University in Ohio, where he deviated from the staid image of a future Procter executive. He parlayed his experience as social director of Phi Delta Theta to write and market nationally two how-to books for fraternities and sororities – "Party 'Em Up" and sequel "Party 'Em Up Some More.

Yadnom Monday - Gleem Toothpaste

Gleem was released in 1952 and roughly made by Proctor & Gamble. The ingredients are simple and this - they had and still have a taste! Their packaging, also said the simplicity back into the 50s and I still believe it today. Personally, I'm not a fan of the current styles of Gleem.