Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Joseph W. Drexel
Banker/Philanthropist
Centurion, 1881–1888
Proposed by
J. Pierpont Morgan, Robert Gordon, Henry G. Marquand, and Richard Butler
J. Pierpont Morgan, Robert Gordon, Henry G. Marquand, and Richard Butler
born
January 24, 1833
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
died
March 25, 1888
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
October 1, 1881
Age forty-eight
Age forty-eight
buried
Woodlands Cemetery,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Century Memorial
Joseph W. Drexel and Frederick A. Potts were honored and honorable representatives of the business men among our members, high-minded, of broad views and foremost in enterprise, charity and public spirit.
Henry E. Howland
1889 Century Association Reports
