Mount Union College - Unonian Yearbook (Alliance, OH)

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Sto o l ., ., org .. .29 .175 Col VV. H. Morgan was born in Pittsburg, Pa. His father, Thomas R. Morgan, the founder and head of the Morgan En- gineering Co., of Alliance, came to Alliance when his son W. H. Morgan was but six years old, so that the Colonel's home has been in Alliance all his life. He was educated at Mt. Union Col- lege. His mind, however, being naturally of a mechanical bent, he soon turned his attention to his father'sshops and there began the development of his exceptional talents as an electrician. Over one hundred patents have been taken out on his inventions, among them the Morgan Controller, known and used over the whole world, and the Morgan-Gordon disappearing gun carriage, used by the U. S. Government Mr. Morgan advanced rapidly in the shops, first to tl1e 'head of the drafting department, then was made vice president, and on his fatherts death, 1897, was made president, which office he still holds. Col. Morgan served as aid-de-camp on Gov. Nash's personal staff, is President of the Colo. Anthracite Coal Co, is a director of the First National and the City Savings Bank, has served six years as councilman, five of which he was its president, and has for a number of years been a trustee of Mt. Union College.

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