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George Austin Morrison

President, American Cotton Oil Company

Centurion, 1897–1916

Born 30 November 1832 in Fordoun, Kincardine, Scotland

Died 26 February 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York

Proposed by Joseph Larocque and Brayton Ives

Elected 6 November 1897 at age sixty-four

Century Memorial

George Austin Morrison, merchant and banker, who brought to business enterprise in our metropolis the honest energy of his native Scotland.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook