Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie, in 1873, decided that the future of business was in steel manufacturing. He built the J. Edgar Thompson Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and set forth the Carnegie empire. In 1901, Carnegie sold his Carnegie Steel Company and faithfully devoted himself to philanthropic accomplishments loyal to his idea that “education is life’s key.” The website, http://www.clpgh.org, is a tribute to Andrew Carnegie’s life and work. Similarly, an article by Bernard A. Weisberger titled “The McKinley Era Mega-Merger” (American Heritage, May/June 1996) addresses the Carnegie Steel Corporation which was