Notable people · Engineer · Educator · Administrator
Arthur Ernest Morgan
Arthur E. Morgan was born in Hamilton County and became chief engineer of the Miami Conservancy District after the 1913 Dayton flood, which built five dry dams. He led Antioch College (1920-1936) in Yellow Springs, founded Moraine Park School in Dayton in 1917, and was the first TVA chairman. He lived in Yellow Springs and died in Xenia.
At a glance
- Born
- 1878-06-20
- Died
- 1975-11-16
- Known as
- Engineer, Educator, Administrator
- Organizations
- Miami Conservancy District, Antioch College, Tennessee Valley Authority
Life story
Arthur Morgan was born in 1878 in Hamilton County, Ohio, then grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and spent years in Colorado. He became a civil engineer.
After the 1913 Dayton flood he designed the Miami Conservancy District flood-control system. He also founded the experimental Moraine Park School in Dayton in 1917.
He became president of Antioch College in 1920 and reorganized it around cooperative education. In 1933 he became the first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Later he founded the Celo Community in North Carolina and helped found the Fellowship of Intentional Communities. He lived in Yellow Springs as a Humanist Quaker and died in Xenia in 1975.
Timeline
- 1878-06-20: Born (Hamilton County, OH) source
- 1913: Dayton flood; leads design of Miami Conservancy District (Dayton, OH) source
- 1917: Founds Moraine Park School (Dayton, OH) source
- 1920: Becomes president of Antioch College (Yellow Springs, OH) source
- 1921: First president of the Association for the Advancement of Progressive Education (United States) source
- 1933-05-18: First chairman of the TVA (Tennessee) source
- 1937: Founds Celo Community (North Carolina) source
- 1940: Establishes Community Service, Inc. (Yellow Springs, OH) source
- 1975-11-16: Dies (Xenia, OH) source
What Arthur is known for
- Designed the Miami Conservancy District flood-control system
- President of Antioch College 1920-1936
- Miami Conservancy District flood-control system
- Moraine Park School (1917)
- Celo Community (1937)
- Community Service, Inc. (1940)
Inventions and firsts
- Miami Conservancy District flood protection (1915-1922)
Honors and things named for them
- Arthur Morgan School (founded 1962 by his daughter-in-law Elizabeth)
Family
- wife: Urania T. Jones
- wife: Lucy Middleton Griscom
- son: Ernest Morgan
Ohio places
Where Arthur Ernest Morgan was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: near Cincinnati, Hamilton County ZIP 45202 · Hamilton County
- Worked: Dayton, Montgomery County ZIP 45402 · Dayton · Montgomery County
- Lived: Yellow Springs, Greene County ZIP 45387 · Yellow Springs · Greene County
- Lived: Englewood, Montgomery County ZIP 45322 · Englewood · Montgomery County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. High: the main facts were confirmed in sources we opened.
- Arthur Ernest Morgan (Wikipedia) life, roles, family