April 09, 2006
*"Thomas W. Lamont: His Life and Palisades Estate"*
Wednesday April 12, 2006 -- 12:10
*"Thomas W. Lamont: His Life and Palisades Estate"*
by Doug Brusa and John Armbruster
Seismology Building Seminar Room (2nd Floor)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
61 Rt 9W, Palisades NY 10964
All welcome.
Thomas W. Lamont (1870-1948) has been described by historians as the
"most powerful man on Wall Street" in the 1920s and 1930s, but that is
certainly not all there is to his impressive life story. Yes, at the
time of his death, Lamont was a Chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. (where
he
had been a partner and top leader for decades) but he was also a great
philanthropist. And it is for good reason he was called the
"Ambassador from Wall Street." As Time magazine said in his obituary
"Lamont . . . made a pile of money . . . gave piles of it away (and)
epitomized the U.S. ideal of the public spirited tycoon." This talk
will focus on Lamont's family, extraordinary business and
international
diplomacy activities, and family homes in New York City and Palisades
New York. His relationship to Charles Lindbergh and the "Lindbergh
Baby
" kidnapping will be described, as will the founding of the Lamont
Geological Observatory in 1949.
*"Thomas W. Lamont: His Life and Palisades Estate"*
by Doug Brusa and John Armbruster
Seismology Building Seminar Room (2nd Floor)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
61 Rt 9W, Palisades NY 10964
All welcome.
Thomas W. Lamont (1870-1948) has been described by historians as the
"most powerful man on Wall Street" in the 1920s and 1930s, but that is
certainly not all there is to his impressive life story. Yes, at the
time of his death, Lamont was a Chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. (where
he
had been a partner and top leader for decades) but he was also a great
philanthropist. And it is for good reason he was called the
"Ambassador from Wall Street." As Time magazine said in his obituary
"Lamont . . . made a pile of money . . . gave piles of it away (and)
epitomized the U.S. ideal of the public spirited tycoon." This talk
will focus on Lamont's family, extraordinary business and
international
diplomacy activities, and family homes in New York City and Palisades
New York. His relationship to Charles Lindbergh and the "Lindbergh
Baby
" kidnapping will be described, as will the founding of the Lamont
Geological Observatory in 1949.
