Charles W. Harkness
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Charles Harkness (December 17, 1860 – May 1, 1916)[1] was the second son of Stephen V. Harkness, an early investor in the company that became Standard Oil. Harkness was born in Monroeville, OH, and his early education was in Cleveland, OH. Harkness earned a B.A. from Yale College with the Class of 1883. Harkness, his half-brother William L. Harkness (Yale Class 1881), and several hundred others help found Wolf's Head Society at Yale in 1883.[2]
Harkness was a director at Standard Oil and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad company, and managed his father's immense holdings. Harkness married Miss Mary Warden, daughter of William Warden of Philadelphia.
Harkness Tower at Yale is named after Harkness at the request of Anna Harkness, his mother. She provided the financing for the Memorial Quadrangle. The additions are significant given her other son, Edward Harkness, who earned a degree with the Yale Class of 1897, provided the financing for the residential colleges at Yale. The colleges cohere on the Quadrangle, and Harkness Tower is central to the whole.
Harkness was a member of the University Club of New York and the Morris County Golf Club of Morristown, NJ.
[edit] References
- ^ "Chas. W. Harkness Left An Estate of 60,000,000," New York Times, December 8, 1916
- ^ Phelps Association Membership Directory, 2006
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