Background
Morrison, A. Cressy was born in 1884 in Wrentham, Massachusetts, Dee. 6. Son of Abram Batchelder and Mary Elizabeth (Pond) Morrison.
Morrison, A. Cressy was born in 1884 in Wrentham, Massachusetts, Dee. 6. Son of Abram Batchelder and Mary Elizabeth (Pond) Morrison.
Educational public schools.
1 daughter, Valeria Elizabeth (Mistress Dwight T. Bond). Married 3d, Mistress Marion C. Jacobus, May 1947 (deceased June 30, 1949). Executive, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, New York, and affiliated companies, 1906-1930.
President of America Institute City of New York, 1930-1931.
Honorary member, 1944 (American Institute, City of New York). Member Executive Board National Research Council, 1931-1932.
Chairman chemical advisory committee unites states department Commerce, 1925-1932.
Member, 1944 (American Institute, City of New York). Member Executive Board National. Member council Amateur Astronomers’ Association.
Member visiting board, department of atronomy, Harvard, since 1949.
First vice president League of America Wheelmen, 1896-1898. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Electro-Chemical Society, American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, International Fixed Calendar League (treasurer), National Association Manufacturers (tariff committee), Merchants Association of New York, American Mining Congress, International Acetylene Association (secretary-treasurer 1906-1931.
Member), Compressed Gas Manufacturers’ Association (ex-president Member), American Tariff League (chairman of the executive committee 1927-1937), Synthetic Organic Chemical Association (board of Governors, 1927-1930), Manufacturing Chemists Association of the United States, New York Electrical
Society (vice president 1931), Royal Institution of Great Britain, American Institute of Chemists (honorary), United States Chamber Commerce, Home Market.
Mason, Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Union League, Chemists (New York City).
Married Emma Webster Conway, June 18, 1900 (died March 15, 1904). Married second, Marguerite Snow, May 14, 1908 (died May 6, 1946). Married 3d, Mistress.