How Andrew William Mellon Became a Successful Bussiness Man

Andrew William Mellon belonged to a remarkable American generation, which oversaw the creation of individual fortunes, and unusual wealth. Mellon was different in the fact that he excelled in 4 different fields, a businessman, banker; a politician and statesman; an art collector; and as a philanthropist. Melon was a very generous man, and he started off prepared for his future because of the successful family which he was born into. Andrew Mellon was both an amazing social gospel and a social darwinist, overall he was a very successful businessman.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1855. He was the son of successful banker, Thomas Mellon. His father was who was a Scots-Irish immigrant from, Northern Ireland and his mother was Sarah Negley Mellon, he also had a brother named Richard. He was educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1873. He comes from a very successful and wealthy family, The Mellon family is known for the Mellon Bank which is now called Bank of New York Mellon. The family was originally known for their control over Gulf Oil. The Mellon family, was Presbyterian by faith. Though not devoutly religious.

From a young age, Mellon showed that he had the ability to work financially by working in a lumber and coal business with his father. In 1880, he joined T Mellon & Sons, his dads banking firm. Two years later the ownership of the bank transferred to him. in 1889, he helped organize the Union Trust Company and Union Savings Bank of Pittsburgh. Three areas where Mellon's backing created giant enterprises were aluminum, industrial abrasives and coke fuels. Charles Martin Hall, was also financed by Mellon. Charles Martin Hall had a refinery which grew into an Aluminum Company. He also ...

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...niversity. Overall, it is assumed that Mellon donated over $43 million to the university of Pittsburgh.

When Mellon was 45 years old, in 1900, he married 20 year old Nora McMullen, an englishwoman who was the daughter of Alexander P. McMullen, who had a large share in the Guinness Brewing company. Together, they had two children, Ailsa and Paul. Paul Mellon became an american philanthropist, and an owner/breeder of race horses. Paul is one of five men ever designated “Exemplar of racing” by the national Museum of racing and hall of fame. The marriage of Andrew and Nora ended after 12 years because Nora had several affairs. Mellon didn’t remarry, but Nora got remarried, but a few years later, she divorced again. Later in his life, Andrew Mellon died on August 26, 1937, in Long Island, New York. He is now buried in the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Virginia.