Background
Morehead, John Motley was born on November 3, 1870 in Spray, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Turner and Mary Elizabeth (Connally) Morehead.
Morehead, John Motley was born on November 3, 1870 in Spray, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Turner and Mary Elizabeth (Connally) Morehead.
Direct descendant Charles Morehead who settled on Kent Island in Chesapeake Bay, 1630. Preparatory education, Bingham Military School, Mebane, North Carolina. Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina, 1891, Doctor of Laws, 1926.
Graduate expert course, Westinghouse Elec. & Manufacturing Company, 1895. Special course in oxy-acetylene welding, Cologne, Germany.
Doctor of Engineering, Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 1944. Doctor of Science, Upsala U., 1944. Doctor of Laws, Davidson College, 1956.
Engineer, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation and predecessors and subsidiaries, 1891-1930, 1933-1954. Chief chemist and engineer of tests, Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Company, 1897-1918. Chairman of the Board Leaksville Woolen Mills, Charlotte, North Carolina Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden, January 22, 1930-April 15, 1933.
Author: The Analysis of Industrial Gases, 1900. The Morehead Family of North Carolina and Virginia. 1924. Donor Morehead Planetarium, Morehead Building and Memorial Gallery to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1949, John Motley Morehead Foundation at University North Carolina, Morehead Athletic Field and Stadium at John Motley Morehead High School, Draper.North Carolina.
Served as major, General Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, chief of industrial gases and gas products section, secretary explosives div. and. Member International Jury of Awards, St. Louis Exposition, 1904, San Francisco Exposition, 1915. Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering:.
Clubs: Chemists, Uptown (New York City).
Married Genevieve Margaret Birkhoff, July 3, 1915 (died April 16, 1945). Married second, Mistress.