Edwin Denison "Eddie" Morgan III (February 16, 1921 - June 28, 2001) was an American businessman and Pioneer Fund director from 2000-2001.
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Early life
Morgan was born on February 16, 1921 in New York City. His parents were Edwin D. Morgan Jr. (1890-1954) and Elizabeth Winthrop Emmet (1897-1934).
His maternal grandparents were Christopher Temple Emmet and Alida Beekman Chanler, the daughter of John Winthrop Chanler, a U.S. Representative from New York, and Margaret Astor Ward of the prominent Astor family of New York.
His paternal grandparents were Edwin Denison Morgan (1854-1933), a noted yachtsman and horseman, and Elizabeth Sarah Archer. Morgan's 2x-great grandfather was Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), who served as the 21st Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and was the longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Career
Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Morgan enlisted in the Marine Corps and his 1st Marine Division participated in the Guadalcanal, New Guinea, New Britain and Peleliu battles in August 1942. Subsequently, he fought in the battles of eastern New Guinea, New Britain and Peleliu, rising to the rank of sergeant.
Post-war career
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.
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. He was a well-known figure in the expatriate American literary community in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s.
Morgan later founded Holographics, Inc., which developed useful laser technologies.
Personal life
In 1949, Morgan married Nancy Marie Whitney (1926-2006), the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Marie Norton Harriman. Together, Edwin and Nancy had two children:
- 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) Morgan later married Jacqueline Johnson, which also ended in divorce.
Morgan died of cancer on June 28, 2001 in New York City.
See also
- Pioneer Fund
References
External links
- Edwin D. Morgan at Find a Grave
Source of article : Wikipedia
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