Edwin D. Morgan (businessman)
Edwin D. Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edwin Denison Morgan III 16 February 1921 |
| Died | 28 June 2001 (aged 80) |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Director of the Pioneer Fund |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Marie Whitney Jacqueline Johnson |
| Children | Alida Morgan Pamela Morgan |
| Relatives | John Winthrop Chanler (great-grandfather) Edwin D. Morgan (2x great-grandfather) |
Edwin D. "Eddie" Morgan (16 February 1921 – 28 June 2001) was an American businessman and Pioneer Fund director from 2000-2001.[1]
Early life
He was born Edwin Denison Morgan III on 16 February 1921, in New York. His parents were Edwin D. Morgan Jr. (1890-1954) and Elizabeth Winthrop Emmet (1897–1934). Through his mother, his grandparents were Christopher Temple Emmet and Alida Beekman Chanler (1873–1969), the daughter of John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877), U.S. Representative from New York, and Margaret Astor Ward (1838–1875), of the prominent Astor family of New York.
Through his father, his 2x-great grandfather was Edwin D. Morgan (1811–1883), a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the 21st Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and the longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee.[2] His grandfather was Edwin Denison Morgan (1854-1933), noted yachtsman and horseman, son of Edwin Denison Morgan, MD and Elizabeth Sarah Archer, husband of Elizabeth Mary Moran.
Career
Morgan enlisted in the Marine Corps immediately after Pearl Harbor and his 1st Marine Division in Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Britain and Peleliu in August 1942. Subsequently, he fought in the battles of eastern New Guinea, New Britain and Peleliu, rising to the rank of sergeant. After the war, he briefly worked for the New York Herald Tribune in New York and the Marshall Plan in Europe. He did not attend college, however, he became an authority on the military and political history of the battle of Guadalcanal.[3]
In 1954, while living in Paris, Morgan founded of Overseas Credit, Inc., which financed cars across Europe for U.S. military personnel and Marshall Plan employees. From this, he became a friend and adviser to many American writers and editors who gravitated to the Paris.[3] He was a well-known figure in the expatriate American literary community in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s.[4]
He later founded Holographics, Inc., which developed useful laser technologies.[5]
Personal life
In 1949, Morgan married Nancy Marie Whitney (1926-2006), the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992)[6] and Marie Norton Harriman. Together Morgan and Whitney had two children:[7]
- Alida Morgan
- Pamela Morgan
Morgan and Whitney divorced in 1959 and she later married Edward Augustus Hurd, Jr. (1918-2001), and later well known water colorist Pierre Lutz (1923-1991)[7] Morgan later married Jacqueline Johnson, which also ended in divorce.[3]
In 2001, he died in New York City of cancer.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "The Founders". Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 397
- ^ a b c Staff (July 3, 2001). "Edwin D. Morgan, 80, Businessman Who Befriended Writers in Paris". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Edwin D. Morgan, 80, Businessman Who Befrended Writers in Paris". International Herald Tribune. 3 July 2001.
- ^ "Edwin D. Morgan Death Notice", New York Times, 8 July 2001
- ^ "Quiet Whitney Wedding". New York Times. March 2, 1923. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ a b "Deaths LUTZ, NANCY WHITNEY". The New York Times. October 30, 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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