‘Buzz’ McCormick, former CEO of Hunt Valley spice giant, dies

Charles P. “Buzz” McCormick Jr., the former chairman and CEO of McCormick & Co. Inc. has died at 93. McCormick, the great-nephew of the spice maker’s founder, Willoughby McCormick, retired three times from the company that bears his family’s name. He served as CEO from 1987 to 1992, while briefly returning as chairman in 1994 after the passing of Bailey Thomas, and as CEO again in 1996 after Gene Blattman retired.