Edward Tuck
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Edward Tuck | |
|---|---|
 Autochrome by Georges Chevalier, 1917 | |
| Vice Consul of the American Legation in Paris | |
| In office 1864–1866 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1842 |
| Died | April 30, 1938 (aged 95) |
| Spouse |
Julia Stell
(m. 1872; died 1929) |
| Relations | Amos Tuck French (nephew) |
| Parent(s) | Amos Tuck Sarah Ann Nudd |
| Education | Philips Exeter Academy Dartmouth College |
| Occupation | Banker, Diplomat, Philanthropist |
| Known for | Tuck School of Business |
| Awards | Legion of Honour Prix de Vertu |
Edward Tuck (August 24, 1842 – April 30, 1938)[1] was an American banker, diplomat, and philanthropist. He is known for funding the establishment of the Tuck School of Business at his alma mater, Dartmouth College. The son of Amos Tuck, a founder of the Republican Party, Edward Tuck served as the Vice Consul in Paris, and gained his fortune as a partner of the banking firm John Munroe & Co..[2]
Tuck was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, on August 24, 1842. He was the son of Sarah Ann Nudd (1810–1847) and political figure Amos Tuck (1810–1879). His half-sister was Ellen Tuck French (1838–1915), who was married to Francis Ormond French, President of the Manhattan Trust Company.
Tuck was educated at Philips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College, where he roomed with future College president William Jewett Tucker and was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity.[3][4]
Career
He began his career in 1864, he was appointed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as the Vice Consul in Paris under U.S. Ambassador John Bigelow. In the following year, he resigned, shortly before the Franco-Prussian War, and joined the banking firm Munroe & Co., where he was made a partner in 1871.[5]
He retired from banking in 1881, and, in 1889, went to live as an expatriate in France, where he donated an art collection valued at $5 million, and funds for hospitals and other institutions.
Philanthropy
Upon graduating from Dartmouth College, Tuck made a donation of one dollar to the College for "unrestricted use."[5] After his college roommate and longtime friend, William Jewett Tucker, became president of Dartmouth, Edward Tuck became one of Dartmouth's most prolific benefactors. Tuck gave Tuck Drive,[6] an aesthetic bypass and 3,800 ft private highway; the College President's House; the Tuck School, and its grouping of buildings; art works from his private collection; and large cash contributions.[5]
In 1899, Tuck initially donated $300,000 — in the form of 1,700 shares of preferred stock in the Great Northern Railway Company of Minnesota — to Dartmouth to endow the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, in memory of his father.[7][8] He then donated another $100,000, in 1901, to build the first Tuck Hall (now McNutt Hall). In 1929, after solicitation from Ernest Martin Hopkins, the 11th President of Dartmouth, Tuck donated 600 shares of Chase National Bank, which was sold for $567,766. His gifts to the Tuck School are estimated at over $18 million as of 2017.[9]
Other recipients of Tuck's philanthropy included two hospitals (including Stell Hospital[10]), a school, the American University Center in Paris, art collections in France, and the restoration of Roman monument, Tropaeum Alpium. In addition, he donated funds to the New Hampshire Historical Society to build its New Hampshire History Building housing the Tuck Library, and donated to his alma mater, Philips Exeter Academy.[5]
