William Fellowes Morgan Sr.

William Fellowes Morgan Sr. (1861–1943) was secretary of the United States Golf Association and president of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Biography

He was born in 1861 and graduated from Columbia University in 1880. During that time he became friends with Theodore Roosevelt. In the election of 1883, when 24 year old Roosevelt was running for reelection to the New York Assembly, Roosevelt asked Morgan to supervise a polling place at 733 7th Ave to prevent voter fraud. He called a "doubtful district."

Later in life Morgan became wealthy by pioneering the use of refrigeration in warehouses.[1] His children include: William Fellowes Morgan Jr., the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City.

He died in 1943.

References

  1. ↑ "W. F. Morgan Sr. Honored At Rites. Several Hundred at Service in St. George's For Business Man and Philanthropist". New York Times. May 6, 1943. Retrieved 2010-05-14. ... attended a funeral service yesterday for William Fellowes Morgan Sr. in St. George's Episcopal Church in Stuyvesant Square. Mr. Morgan, who had been ...

Further reading

  • Washington Post; June 16, 1907. W. Fellowes Morgan, secretary of the United States Golf Association, today announced the entries for the national open gold championship, which will be decided over the links of the Philadelphia, Cricket Club on Thursday and Friday of next week.
  • Time; Monday, February 15, 1932; Toastmaster and organizer of the banquet was William Fellowes Morgan (Columbia, 1880), president of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Patrician, handsome and ruddy at 71, he is rich (warehouses, refrigerating), High Church Episcopalian (president of the Church Pension Fund), a famed after-dinner speaker and clubman. Toastmaster Morgan, member of the Columbia Society of the Early 80's, was Columbia's second alumni trustee (1910 to 1916).


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