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Maurice (Murry/Morris) Guggenheim

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,
Death: November 15, 1939 (81)
New York, New York, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Simon Meyer (Meyer) Guggenheim and Barbara (Babette) Guggenheim
Husband of Léonie Guggenheim
Father of Edmond Alfred Guggenheim and Lucille Sarah Guggenheim
Brother of Isaac Guggenheim; Daniel Guggenheim; Solomon R. Guggenheim; Jeanette (Nettie) Gerstle; Benjamin Guggenheim and 7 others

Managed by: Carlos F. Bunge
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About Maurice (Murry/Morris) Guggenheim

Read original text here in Spanish "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WR3-1QY : 10 February 2018), Murry Guggenheim, 15 Nov 1939; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,110,604. Source M. : AD68NUM-745/139

Machine translation in English [with corrections] - also see English text in MEDIA section:

SOURCE: Text extracted from www.mcnbiografias.com '

Industrialist and American born philanthropist in Philadelphia in 1858 and deceased in New York on November 15, 1939. He was the third of eleven sons of the patriarch of the family, Meyer Guggenheim, and of his wife Barbara Meyers. During his adolescence, his parents sent him to Switzerland to study some of the secrets of the textile industry, and on his return, He joined the family enterprise of import of laces and embroideries. In 1881, Meyer Guggenheim began to set the bases of a new and prosperous business in the sector of the mining and the smelting and the family moved to New York, where the company 'Children of Meyer Guggenheim ', known as Guggenheim Brothers,was settled. Murry served in the public relations and sales department of the company, and developed a prosperous professional career. In time, he assigned as president of the financial committee of the American Company of Refinery and Smelting. He was the director of the Firm Kennecott Copper and, after the death of his brother Daniel, he assumed also the presidency of the familier monopoly on the nitrate quarries in Chile.

Murry Guggenheim married in 1887 Leonie Bernheim, member of a prestigious Jewish family of French origin, whom he had met during a business trip in Switzerland and of the marriage two sons were born, Edmond and Lucille. The family established it's residence in the Fifth Avenue of New York. Following the tradition of the Guggenheim, they dedicated part of their fortune to finance philanthropic projects as the 'Murry and Leonie Guggenheim Dental Foundation' for Students. Also they donated a hothouse to the Botanical Garden of New York.

Like his brothers did, Murry built a summer residence in New Jersey. In 1903 he bought eight acres of land in West Long Branch (Elberon) and hired the prestigious architects of New York Carrere and Hastings to design the project that, once finished, there managed to award the golden medal of the American School of Architects. After the death of Leonie in 1959, who survived her husband for twenty years, the building passed into the hands of the Murry and Leonie Guggenheim Foundation, which, at first, chose to give it to the Monmouth Medical Center. The decision raised a loud controversy among local residents who expressed their preference to deliver the summer home of the Guggenheim to Monmouth University.The protest was attended and, finally, the foundation officially passed the building to the university on September 9, 1960. After some structural reforms in the residence, on 24 September 1961 the library was inaugurated in memory of Murry and Leonie Guggenheim.

Linkage in Internet

http: // bluehawk.monmouth.edu/library/library.html; Page of Bilbioteca Guggenheim of the University Monmouth (New Jersey).



I domiciled Saint Gallen (Suisse) in 1887 (JCL)

Acerca de Maurice (Murry/Morris) Guggenheim (Español)

"FUENTE: Texto extraído de www.mcnbiografias.com"

Industrial y filántropo estadounidense nacido en Philadelphia en 1858 y fallecido en Nueva York el 15 de noviembre de 1939. Fue el tercero de los once hijos del patriarca de la familia, Meyer Guggenheim, y de su esposa Barbara Meyers. Durante su adolescencia, sus padres le enviaron a Suiza para estudiar algunos de los secretos de la industria textil y, a su regreso, ingresó en la empresa familiar de importación de encajes y bordados. En 1881, Meyer Guggenheim comenzó a sentar las bases de un nuevo y próspero negocio en el sector de la minería y la fundición y la familia se trasladó a Nueva York, donde se instaló la compañía "Hijos de Meyer Guggenheim", conocida como Guggenheim Brothers. Murry se empleó en el departamento de manipulación y ventas de la empresa y desarrolló un próspera carrera profesional. Con el tiempo, se convirtió en presidente del comité financiero de la Compañía Americana de Refinería y Fundición, fue director de la firma Kennecott Copper y, tras la muerte de su hermano Daniel, asumió también la presidencia del monopolio familiar sobre las canteras de nitrato en Chile.

Murry Guggenheim contrajo matrimonio en 1887 con Leonie Bernheim, miembro de una prestigiosa familia judía de origen francés, a quien había conocido durante un viaje de negocios en Suiza y del matrimonio nacieron dos hijos, Edmond y Lucille. La familia estableció su residencia en la Quinta Avenida de Nueva York. Siguiendo la tradición de los Guggenheim, dedicaron parte de su fortuna a financiar proyectos filantrópicos como la Fundación Dental Murry y Leonie Guggenheim para Escolares. También donaron un invernadero al Jardín Botánico de Nueva York.

Como hicieron sus hermanos, Murry construyó una residencia veraniega en Nueva Jersey. En 1903 compró ocho acres de terreno en West Long Branch (Elberon) y contrató a los prestigiosos arquitectos neoyorquinos Carrere y Hastings para diseñar el proyecto que, una vez finalizado, logró adjudicarse la medalla de oro del Colegio Americano de Arquitectos. Tras la muerte de Leonie en 1959, que sobrevivió veinte años a su marido, el edificio pasó a manos de la Fundación Murry y Leonie Guggenheim que, en un primer momento, optó por cederlo al Centro Médico Monmouth. La decisión levantó una sonada polémica entre los residentes locales que manifestaron su preferencia por entregar la casa veraniega de los Guggenheim a la Universidad Monmouth. La protesta fue atendida y, finalmente, la Fundación traspasó oficialmente el edificio a la Universidad el 9 de septiembre de 1960. Después de algunas reformas estructurales en la residencia, el 24 de septiembre de 1961 se inauguró la Biblioteca en Memoria de Murry y Leonie Guggenheim.

Enlaces en Internet

http://bluehawk.monmouth.edu/library/library.html ; Página de la Bilbioteca Guggenheim de la Universidad Monmouth (New Jersey).



domicilié à Saint Gallen (Suisse) en 1887 (JCL)

Source M. : AD68NUM-745/139

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Maurice (Murry/Morris) Guggenheim's Timeline

1858
August 12, 1858
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,
1860
1860
Age 1
Philadelphia Ward 17, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1870
1870
Age 11
Philadelphia Ward 20 Dist 65 (2nd Enum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1880
1880
Age 21
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1880
Age 21
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1880
Age 21
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1880
Age 21
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1888
January 19, 1888
St. Gallen, St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1894
April 27, 1894
New York, New York, NY, United States