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Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman Sr., an Episcopal clergyman, and Cornelia Neilson. [3] He had a brother, Orlando Harriman Jr. [5] His great-grandfather, William Harriman, had emigrated from England in 1795 and became a successful businessman and trader.
Mary Williamson Averell Harriman (July 22, 1851 – November 7, 1932) was an American philanthropist and the wife of railroad executive E. H. Harriman. Born in New York to a successful family, Averell married Harriman in 1879.
William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986) was an American politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was a founder of investment bank, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and was the 48th governor of New York.
The Northern Securities Company was a short-lived American railroad trust formed in 1901 by E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and their associates. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway; Great Northern Railway; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; and other associated lines. It was capitalized at $400 million, and ...
E. H. Harriman. One of the key players was E. H. Harriman, who "by 1898…was chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific and he ruled without dissent. But he speculated heavily with Union Pacific holdings, and his attempt to monopolize the Chicago rail market led to the Panic of 1901."
Elizabeth Harriman 1st m. Alexander C. Northrop; 2nd m. Maximillian Bliss, Jr. Phyllis Harriman m. Frank Herbert Mason (1921–2009) Cornelia Neilson Harriman (1850-1926) m. Charles Dewar Simons (1847-1926) William MacCurdy Harriman (1854-1903) William Harriman (1816-1855) James Harriman (1820-1912) m. Sarah Ann Fotterall (1840-1917)
A&E’s beloved Biography series is turning its attention to some of the most notable names in hard rock, thanks to a series of specials that premiered June 16 with an episode on Poison’s Bret ...
He was well connected to wealthy people during the time and he lobbied them to finance his vision of the ERO. The ERO was financed primarily by Mary Harriman (widow of railroad baron E. H. Harriman), [5] the Rockefeller Foundation, and then the Carnegie Institution until 1939. In 1935, the Carnegie Institution sent a team to review the ERO's ...