Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931
Variant namesEpithet: US senator and diplomatist
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Lawyer with Simpson, Thacher & Reed, 1905-14; banker with J.P. Morgan & Co., 1914-27; Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; trustee of educational and philanthropic institutions. Married Elizabeth Reeve Cutter; four children: Elisabeth, Anne, Dwight Jr., Constance.
From the description of Morrow papers 1877-1954 (bulk 1900-1931). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22800009
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1873 Jan 11:
Born in Huntington, West Virginia -
1885 -1887 :Attended high school in Allegheny, Pennsylvannia -
1887 -1891 :Worked as clerk and errand boy in a Pittsburgh coal company -
1891 -1895 :Attended Amherst College, Amherst (MA) -
1895 Jun 26:
A. B. Amherst College, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Literary Monthly; Hardy Prize Debate; Bond Prize (oration) -
1895 -1896 :Worked as apprentice in Scandrett & Bartlett, a Pittsburgh law firm -
1896 -99 :Attended Columbia University Law School -
1899 Jun:
LL.B. Columbia University (Law School) -
1898 Sep:
Sworn in as Attorney at Law of Pennsylvania -
1899 Jun:
Sworn in as Attorney at Law of New York -
1899 -1914 :Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, a New York law firm -
1899 -1905 :Worked as clerk -
1905 Jan 1:
Made partner -
1903 Jun 16:
Married Elizabeth Reeve Cutter -
1904 Mar 17:
Elisabeth R. Morrow born -
1906 Jun 22:
Anne S. Morrow born -
1908 Nov 28:
Dwight W. Morrow, Jr. born -
1913 Jun 27:
Constance C. Morrow born -
1914 -1927 :J.P. Morgan & Co. -
1913 Dec 30:
Invited to join banking firm -
1914 Apr 15:
Entered offices of J.P. Morgan & Co. -
1914 Jul 1:
Made Partner with J.P. Morgan & Co., New York; Drexel & Company, Philadelphia; Morgan Grenfell & Company, London; and Morgan, Harjes & Company, Paris -
1916:
Negotiated Anglo-French $500,000,000 loan -
1921:
Represented an international banking syndicate for $50,000,000 loan to the Cuban government -
1927 Sep 30:
Resigned from J.P. Morgan & Co. -
1915 Sep 12:
Met with Financial Commissions from Great Britain and France -
1916 -31 :Life Trustee of Amherst College 1920 Jun: Chairman of the Finance Committee 1920-27: Chairman of the Executive Committee 1921: Chairman of the Centennial Committee 1925: Morrow Dormitory donated 1926 Dec 21: Offered Presidency of Amherst College -
1917 -1918 :New Jersey Prison Inquiry Commission 1917 Jan 26: Appointed to Commission by Gov. Edge 1917 Jul 25: Named Chairman of the Commission 1918 Mar 12: Named Chairman of State Board of Charities and Corrections (Board later retitled State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies) 1919 Oct 26: Awarded medal by National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor 1920 Mar 24: Resigned as Chairman 1922 Mar 22: Resigned as member of the Board -
1918:
Advisor to American Shipping Mission, Allied Maritime Transport Council (Imports Committee) -
1918:
Director of the War Savings Commission of New Jersey -
1919:
The Society of Free States published -
1919:
Awarded Distinguished Service Medal -
1923:
Anson Morse's Parties and Party Leaders published, introduction by Morrow -
1925 Sep -1925 Nov :Chairman of the President's Aircraft Board -
1926 Jan 19:
Named Director of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics -
1927 -1930 :Ambassador to Mexico 1927 Sep 20: Commissioned by President Coolidge as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mexico 1930 Sep 30: Resigned as Ambassador to Mexico -
1928 Jan:
Delegate to Sixth International Convention of American States (Pan American Conference) in Havana, Cuba -
1929 May:
Regional Plan of New York and its Environs published -
1930:
London Naval Conference 1930 Apr: Treaty draft completed -
1929 Dec 17 -1931 Mar 3 :Filled US senatorial vacancy left by Walter E. Edge -
1930 -1931 :U.S. Senator from New Jersey -
1930 Nov 4:
Elected U.S. Senator from New Jersey for term commencing March 1931. -
1931 Jul 20:
Conference at White House on International Debts -
1931 Oct 5:
Died in his home, Englewood (NJ)
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1920 Jun 16:
LL.D. University of Rochester -
1925 Jun 16:
LL.D. Princeton University -
1926 Jun 16:
LL.D. University of Pennsylvania -
1926 Jun 21:
LL.D. Williams College -
1927 Jun 22:
LL.D. Yale University -
1928 Jun 10:
LL.D. Brown University -
1928 Jun 22:
LL.D. Harvard -
1931 Jun 16:
LL.D. Dartmouth College -
1931 Jun 18:
LL.D. Bowdoin College
Decorations:
- Distinguished Service Medal (USA)
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (France)
- Officer of the Crown of Italy
- Chevalier of the Royal Battalion of George the First (Greece)
Board of Trustees/Directors Affiliations:
- Amherst College
- Bankers Trust Company
- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Commonwealth Fund Corporation
- Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences
- Englewood Civic Association
- General Electric Company
- Hampton Institute
- Institute of International Education
- National Aeronautic Association [for New Jersey]
- National Institute of Social Sciences
- New Jersey Society of Sons of American Revolution
- New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor
- Palisades Trust & Guaranty Co.
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Regional Plan of New York and its Environs
- School of Public and International Affairs
- Princeton University [Advisory Board]
- Smithsonian Institution
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey
- Union Theological Seminary
- Welfare Council of New York City
From the guide to the Morrow Papers, 1877-1954, 1900-1931, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections)
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Birth 1873-01-11
Death 1931-10-05
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