Edward N. Hurley

Edward N. Hurley in the 1910s

Edward Nash Hurley (July 31, 1864 – November 14, 1933) was an Irish American businessman and inventor who served as the second chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from July 1, 1916 to January 31, 1917.^[1]

Biography[]

Hurley was born in Galesburg, Illinois on July 31, 1864.^[2] He finished high school at 17 and went to work for the railroad, ascending from shopman to engineer, and eventually becoming assistant to the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.^[2] In 1897 he started producing pneumatic tools together with a couple of brothers and made $125,00 selling the British patent. In 1907 he became president of the National Bank of Wheaton and then founded the Hurley Machine Company, which produced vacuum cleaners and washing and ironing machines. In 1914 he was named to the Federal Trade Commission and in 1915 he became its chairman. Hurley also served on the Red Cross War Council, the War Trade Board, and as chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board.^[3]

He helped professor T. G. Masaryk in a question of Czechoslovak legions and a foundation of a Czechoslovak state in 1918.^[4]

Hurley's grave at Calvary Cemetery

In 1918 with Professor he joined the Vagabonds, a group consisting of John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone who made a camping trip to the Appalachian mountains.^[5]

In 1926 he received the Laetare Medal and in 1933 he donated $200,000 to the University of Notre Dame for a new building for the college, which was named Hurley Hall.^[6]

He died in Chicago on November 14, 1933.^[7] He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston.^[8]

Works[]

The New Merchant Marine
1919 The Awakening of Business
Banking and Credits in Argentine, Brazil, Chile, and Peru
1927 The Bridge to France Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company

References[]

^ List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kerry, Temple. O'Hara Heirs: Business Education at Notre Dame 1921-1991. Notre Dame, Indiana 46556: College of Business Administration. p. 9.CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Kerry, Temple. O'Hara Heirs: Business Education at Notre Dame 1921-1991. Notre Dame, Indiana 46556: College of Business Administration. p. 10.CS1 maint: location (link)
^ PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (TGM and legions), váz. kniha, 219 pages, vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karvina, Czechia) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk democratic movement in Prague), 2019, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3
^ "The "Vagabonds" with E. N. Hurley and R. J. DeLoach on a Camping Trip, 1918 - The Henry Ford". www.thehenryford.org. The Henry Ford. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
^ "September 2002". www.irishlegends.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Hurley, Former Shipping Board Chairman, Dies". The Tampa Tribune. Chicago. Associated Press. November 15, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Where They're Buried

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[1] List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).

[Heirs_9-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kerry, Temple. O'Hara Heirs: Business Education at Notre Dame 1921-1991. Notre Dame, Indiana 46556: College of Business Administration. p. 9.CS1 maint: location (link)

[3] Kerry, Temple. O'Hara Heirs: Business Education at Notre Dame 1921-1991. Notre Dame, Indiana 46556: College of Business Administration. p. 10.CS1 maint: location (link)

[4] PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (TGM and legions), váz. kniha, 219 pages, vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karvina, Czechia) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk democratic movement in Prague), 2019, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3

[HF-5] "The "Vagabonds" with E. N. Hurley and R. J. DeLoach on a Camping Trip, 1918 - The Henry Ford". www.thehenryford.org. The Henry Ford. Retrieved September 23, 2018.

[6] "September 2002". www.irishlegends.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[7] "Hurley, Former Shipping Board Chairman, Dies". The Tampa Tribune. Chicago. Associated Press. November 15, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] Where They're Buried

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Member-selected (1915–1950)	Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) • Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) • William J. Harris (1917–1918) • William Byron Colver (1918–1919) • John Franklin Fort (1919) • Victor Murdock (1919–1920) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) • Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) • Victor Murdock (1922–1923) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) • Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) • John F. Nugent (1925–1926) • Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) • William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) • Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) • Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) • Garland S. Ferguson (1930) • Charles W. Hunt (1931) • William E. Humphrey (1932) • Charles H. March (1933) • Garland S. Ferguson (1934) • Ewin L. Davis (1935) • Charles H. March (1936) • William Augustus Ayres (1937) • Garland S. Ferguson (1938) • Robert E. Freer (1939) • Ewin L. Davis (1940) • Charles H. March (1941) • William Augustus Ayres (1942) • Garland S. Ferguson (1943) • Robert E. Freer (1944) • Ewin L. Davis (1945) • William Augustus Ayres (1946) • Garland S. Ferguson (1947) • Robert E. Freer (1948) • Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)
Presidential appointments (1950–present) Acting chairs italicized	James M. Mead (1950–1953) • Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) • John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) • Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) • Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) • Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) • Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) • Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) • Paul Rand Dixon (1976) • Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) • Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) • David A. Clanton (1981) • James C. Miller III (1981–1985) • Terry Calvani (1985–1986) • Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) • Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) • Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) • Timothy Muris (2001–2004) • Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) • William Kovacic (2008–2009) • Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) • Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) • Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) • Joseph Simons (2018–2021) • Rebecca Slaughter (2021) • Lina Khan (2021–present)

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