Edwin D. Morgan (businessman)

Edwin D. Morgan
Born (1921-02-16)16 February 1921
Died 28 June 2001(2001-06-28) (aged 80)
New York City, New York
Cause of death Cancer
Nationality American
Occupation Businessman
Organization Pioneer Fund
Known for Director of the Pioneer Fund
Spouse(s) Nancy Marie Whitney
Jacqueline Johnson
Children Alida Morgan
Pamela Morgan

Edwin D. "Eddie" Morgan (16 February 1921 – 28 June 2001) was an American businessman and Pioneer Fund director from 2000-2001.[1]

Biography

Mr. 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.[2]

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.[2] He was a well-known figure in the expatriate American literary community in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s.[3]

He later founded Holographics, Inc., which developed useful laser technologies.[4]

Personal life

In 1949, Morgan married Nancy Marie Whitney (1926-2006), the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992)[5] and Marie Norton Harriman. Whitney was the granddaughter of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt. Together Morgan and Whitney had two children:[6]

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)[6] Morgan later married Jacqueline Johnson, which also ended in divorce.[2]

In 2001, he died in New York City of cancer.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Founders". Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Staff (July 3, 2001). "Edwin D. Morgan, 80, Businessman Who Befriended Writers in Paris". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Edwin D. Morgan, 80, Businessman Who Befrended Writers in Paris". International Herald Tribune. 3 July 2001.
  4. ↑ "Edwin D. Morgan Death Notice", New York Times, 8 July 2001
  5. ↑ "Quiet Whitney Wedding". New York Times. March 2, 1923. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Deaths LUTZ, NANCY WHITNEY". The New York Times. October 30, 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2016.


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