Banker
Centurion, 1896–1925
Born 26 January 1851 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 18 November 1925 in Morristown, New Jersey
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by Lockwood de Forest, John B. Cauldwell, and Howard Mansfield
Elected 4 April 1896 at age forty-five
Century Memorial
John Holme Maghee was equally interested in science and in art. Graduated from the School of Mines, he took part in two notable geological exploring expeditions headed by the late Professor Newberry. On the other side of things, he was a discriminating collector of paintings and Chinese porcelain and had collected a notable number of highly-priced etchings, among them some of Whistler’s more valuable impressions. He was an enthusiastic tooler of leather book covers and, until his health began to fail him, was a regular attendant at all our best symphony concerts.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1926 Century Association Yearbook