Charles Millard Pratt

Charles Millard Pratt

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Pratt was a Vice President of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, son of the late Charles and Lydia Richardson Pratt. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 2nd, 1855, and graduated from the Adelphi Academy in 1875, and then from Amherst College four years later. He then engaged in business with his father in the Pratt Manufacturing Company, one of the first oil manufacturing plants in the East. His natural ability as a merchant and as a man of great executive soon took him into the department of domestic sales.

In 1891, upon the death of his father, Charles Pratt, the management and conservation of the latter's varied interests devolved upon the son. For a number of years Charles M. Pratt was President of the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky; then he became Secretary of the Standard Oil Company in New Jersey, then Treasurer of the Standard Oil Company and later Vice President.

Since the foundation of the Pratt Institute in 1887, the greatest achievement of his father, Charles Millard Pratt watched its growth and now as President he never relaxes efforts to further its aims. He has always been deeply interested in the welfare of his alma mater, Amherst, of which he is a trustee, and has presented to it a perfectly equipped gymnasium, known as the Pratt Gymnasium. He is also a Trustee of Vassar College, and has contributed largely to its work.

In 1884, Mr. Pratt was married to Miss Mary Seymour Morris, daughter of the ex-Governor Luzon B. Morris of New Haven, Connecticut. The children of this marriage were Morris Pratt, Theodore Pratt, Margaret R. Pratt, Katherine E. Pratt and Richardson Pratt.

The clubs in which Mr. Pratt holds membership are the Hamilton and Rembrandt Clubs of Brooklyn; The Nassau Country Club of Long Island, and Alpha Phi Club of New York.

Sources

• "Charles Millard Pratt." Wikipedia, revilsion of 9 October 2023. < link > Accessed 5 January 2024.
• "Charles Millard Pratt." Find a Grave. < link > Accessed 5 January 2024.
• Reference: 1900 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Apr 7 2016, 20:32:12 UTC
• Also see https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJW8-MKB and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119812193/charles-millard-pratt