Andrew William Mellon (/ ˈ m ɛ l ə n /; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.

Mar 20, 2025 · Andrew Mellon (born March 24, 1855, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 26, 1937, Southampton, New York) was an American financier, philanthropist, and secretary of the treasury (1921–32) who reformed the …

One of the major figures in the industrial and financial development of the Trans-Allegheny region, Andrew W. Mellon (1855 - 1937) was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Warren G. Harding in 1921, and he continued to serve under Presidents Calvin …

Andrew Mellon was an extraordinary judge [just like his father] of entrepreneurial talent, and among the many companies he helped to found and fund were Aluminum Corporation of America (ALCOA), Carborundum, Koppers, and Gulf Oil.

Andrew W. Mellon served as secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921, to February 12, 1932. Under the provisions of the original Federal Reserve Act, this meant he was also ex-officio chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

Andrew W. Mellon, born in 1855 and died in 1937, was an American businessman and statesman. He served as secretary of the treasury under three Republican presidents—Harding, Coolidge, and...

Andrew William Mellon was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector. Born on March 24, 1855, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Mellon's father, Thomas Mellon, was an Irish-Scottish immigrant who was a banker and judge, and his mother was Sarah Jane Negley Mellon.

Andrew Mellon was born March 24, 1855, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Educated at Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh), he graduated in 1873. Mellon was working in the family business by age seventeen and …

Andrew Mellon was one of the most prominent financiers in American history. Mellon investments helped launch the aluminum, coke, and carborundum industries; by the 1920s, he paid the third-highest income tax in the United States.

Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937), often known as “A.W. Mellon,” was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mellon’s father, Thomas Mellon, was a prominent lawyer and banker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Mellons were of Scotch-Irish extraction, Thomas’s father having emigrated in 1816 from County Tyrone in Ireland (now Northern Ireland).