John B. Trevor Jr.

John Bond Trevor, Jr. (4 July 1909 – 27 August 2006) was an electrical engineer,[1] author,[2] trustee of the Trudeau Institute,[3] and a director of the Pioneer Fund.[4][5]

Biography

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Trevor was born in 1909. His father, John B. Trevor, Sr., was an influential immigration restrictionist.[6] Trevor graduated Columbia College and Columbia School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry.[7]

During World War II, he was Project Engineer in charge of developing and evaluating Shipborne Anti-Aircraft Control Systems at the Naval Research Laboratory; author of several classified books and manuals for the armed forces; decorated with the Meritorious Civilian Service Award by the United States Navy.[1]

Trevor spent decades in the Pioneer Fund, the funder of scientific racism, as a director and treasurer.[8] Testifying against more liberal immigration laws in 1965, Trevor warned against "a conglomeration of racial and ethnic elements" that he said led to "a serious culture decline."[9] He was a founder of the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, which promoted "undivided allegiance to the United States" as well as immigration restrictions.[10][better source needed]

Trevor was a trustee of the Trudeau Institute for twenty-two years.[3][11]

An accomplished sailor, he was Commodore of the St. Regis Yacht Club (1938–1939, 1962–1964, 1979–1980),[12] and he co-authored Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing.[2]

He was a past president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, as well as a past trustee of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.[13] He was the oldest member of the Union Club of New York City at the time of his death on August 27, 2006.[13] His papers are stored at the University of Michigan.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b Grover, F.W., "I.R.E. People", Proceedings of the I.R.E., Vol. 34, Issue 11, pgs 587-594 (August 1946) I.R.E. People
  2. ^ a b Calahan, H.A. and Trevor, Jr., John B. (1936). Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
  3. ^ a b The Trudeau Institute, HSL-wiki Trudeau Institute Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Pioneer Fund. Founders and Former Directors Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Alexander, Brian (February 26, 2006). Breeding ground for bad ideas. 'Better for All the World,' a look at eugenics and America, is a superb cultural history. (book review) San Diego Union-Tribune
  6. ^ O'Connor, Brendan (2021). Blood Red Lines : How nativism fuels the Right. Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-1-64259-381-5. OCLC 1229922355.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1955). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  8. ^ Miller, Adam (1994). "The Pioneer Fund: Bankrolling the Professors of Hate". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (6): 58–61. doi:10.2307/2962466. ISSN 1077-3711. JSTOR 2962466.
  9. ^ Lichtenstein, Grace (December 11, 1977). Fund Backs Controversial Study of "Racial Betterment." New York Times
  10. ^ "The American Coalition - Why It Was Organized and What It Does" (PDF). 1940-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  11. ^ "Ellen Armstrong, Accountant, Married". The New York Times. 1974-09-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  12. ^ St. Regis Yacht Club Centennial 1897–1997, Carl B Ely Shedd (1997)
  13. ^ a b "John B. Trevor Jr. Obituary (2006) The Day". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  14. ^ Trevor, John B. "John B. Trevor, Jr. Papers". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
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