Roger Dearborn Lapham was the head of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company beginning in the 1920s. He served as mayor of San Francisco from 1944-1947. He also served as a U.S. Army officer in World War I, Chief of the American Economic Aid Mission to Greece, 1950-1951, and head of the Economic Cooperation Administration in China, 1948-1949.
He was the son of Lewis Henry Lapham, an American entrepreneur who made a fortune consolidating smaller business in the leather industry and who was also one of the founders of Texaco Oil Company. He built Waveny House in New Canaan, Connecticut, as a summer residence for his family to escape the heat of New York City. The mansion and property are now a public park and arts center in New Canaan. Roger Lapham was the paternal grandfather of Harper's Magazine editor Lewis H. Lapham, and the maternal uncle of actor Christopher Lloyd.
He was the son of Lewis Henry Lapham, an American entrepreneur who made a fortune consolidating smaller business in the leather industry and who was also one of the founders of Texaco Oil Company. He built Waveny House in New Canaan, Connecticut, as a summer residence for his family to escape the heat of New York City. The mansion and property are now a public park and arts center in New Canaan. Roger Lapham was the paternal grandfather of Harper's Magazine editor Lewis H. Lapham, and the maternal uncle of actor Christopher Lloyd.
Roger Dearborn Lapham was the head of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company beginning in the 1920s. He served as mayor of San Francisco from 1944-1947. He also served as a U.S. Army officer in World War I, Chief of the American Economic Aid Mission to Greece, 1950-1951, and head of the Economic Cooperation Administration in China, 1948-1949.
He was the son of Lewis Henry Lapham, an American entrepreneur who made a fortune consolidating smaller business in the leather industry and who was also one of the founders of Texaco Oil Company. He built Waveny House in New Canaan, Connecticut, as a summer residence for his family to escape the heat of New York City. The mansion and property are now a public park and arts center in New Canaan. Roger Lapham was the paternal grandfather of Harper's Magazine editor Lewis H. Lapham, and the maternal uncle of actor Christopher Lloyd.
He was the son of Lewis Henry Lapham, an American entrepreneur who made a fortune consolidating smaller business in the leather industry and who was also one of the founders of Texaco Oil Company. He built Waveny House in New Canaan, Connecticut, as a summer residence for his family to escape the heat of New York City. The mansion and property are now a public park and arts center in New Canaan. Roger Lapham was the paternal grandfather of Harper's Magazine editor Lewis H. Lapham, and the maternal uncle of actor Christopher Lloyd.
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