Raymond Pitcairn
Raymond Pitcairn (1885 – July 12, 1966), son of PPG Industries founder John Pitcairn, was a lawyer, a businessman, a collector of ancient and medieval art, and an amateur architect. He supervised the building of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral and his own castle-mansion of Glencairn.[1]
Pitcairn was also quite politically active. A Republican, he served as one of the delegates to Pennsylvania's convention to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933, and was one of Pennsylvania's delegates to the 1956 Republican National Convention. [2] He was also the national chairman and a major financial supporter of the Sentinels of the Republic, which opposed the expansion of federal regulation and the New Deal.[3]
Pitcairn died on July 12, 1966, and was buried at Bryn Athyn Cemetery, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.[2]
References
- Jaffe, Dennis T.; Jungé, Dirk; Paul, Joseph (2004), "Reinventing a family dynasty" (PDF), Family Business Magazine (Winter), archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-06
- Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- Balch, Katharin. "Sentinels of the Republic" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2013.