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, his own castle-mansion of Glencairn, and the "Zeus of the Catskills" Glen Tonche.

Pitcairn was married to Mildred Glenn and they had eight children.

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. ^[1] 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.^[2]

Pitcairn died on July 12, 1966, and was buried at Bryn Athyn Cemetery, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-11-14.
^ Balch, Katharin. "Sentinels of the Republic" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2013.

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[polticalgraveyard-1] Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-11-14.

[2] Balch, Katharin. "Sentinels of the Republic" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2013.

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