Orson Desaix Munn II

Orson Desaix Munn II (1883-1958)[1] was an editor and publisher of Scientific American magazine.

He was the son of Henry Norcross Munn (1851-1905)[2] and his wife Annie E. Elder (1855-1917),[3] the nephew of Charles Allen Munn,[4] and the grandson of the original publisher of Scientific American, Orson Desaix Munn.[5]

Munn married twice. His first wife was actress Margaret Lawrence (1880-1929).[6] They married in 1911 and had two daughters, Elizabeth Munn (1912-1986)[7] and Louisine Elder Munn (1913-1990),[8] before divorcing in 1922. Margaret Lawrence subsequently married actor Wallace Eddinger (1883-1929)[9] and died in a murder-suicide in 1929.

Munn's second wife was Caroline "Carrie" Nunder (1898-1984).[10] They married in 1924 and had one son, Orson Desaix Munn III (1925-2011).[11][12] Carrie Munn became a well known dress designer in the 1940s and 1950s.[13]

Munn sold his interest in Scientific American magazine in 1950, and became senior partner of the law firm of Munn, Liddy, Daniels & March.

He died on December 22, 1958 in Southampton, Long Island.[14]

References
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  2. "Henry Norcross Munn". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "Anne Elder Munn". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. "Charles Allen Munn". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Orson Desaix Munn". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. "Margaret Whittaker Lawrence Eddinger". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  7. "Elizabeth Munn". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. "Mrs Louisine Elder Munn Jackson". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  9. "Wallace Eddinger". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  10. "Carolyn (Carrie) Nunder Munn". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. "Orson Desaix Munn, Jr". Find a Grave. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  12. "Married". Time. June 4, 1934. Retrieved 2008-07-15. Louisine Elder Munn, daughter of Orson Desaix Munn, publisher of the Scientific American, and of the late Actress Margaret Lawrence; and Berkeley Wendell Jackson; in Manhattan.
  13. "Carrie Munn, Dress Designer In the 40s and 50s, Is Dead". The New York Times. February 18, 1984.
  14. "Orson D. Munn". The New York Times. December 23, 1958.
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