Abram Fitkin
| Abram Edward Fitkin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 18, 1878 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | March 18, 1933 (aged 54) Manhattan, New York, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | A.E. Fitkin |
| Occupation | investment banker and philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Norris Fitkin (1896–1933) |
Abram Edward Fitkin (September 18, 1878 – March 18, 1933) was an American minister, investment banker, businessman, public utilities operator, and philanthropist, who founded and ran dozens of companies, including A.E. Fitkin & Co.; the National Public Service Corporation; the United States Engineering Corporation; and the General Engineering and Management Corporation, which by 1926 managed 178 utility companies in 18 US states and over 1,000 local communities. As a philanthropist Fitkin donated in excess of $3,000,000 to finance the construction of the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital in Manzini, Swaziland; the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Institution in Scobeyville, New Jersey; the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Pavilion for Children at the New Haven Hospital in Yale; and the Jersey Shore University Medical Center (formerly Raleigh Fitkin and Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital) at Neptune Township, New Jersey.
Abram Edward Fitkin was born on September 18, 1878 in Brooklyn, New York, the sixth son and 11th of thirteen children of Mary E. Vought (born September 18, 1843 in Easton, Pennsylvania; died May 7, 1914) and Thomas Furlong Fitkin (born June 10, 1833 in Weston Turville, England; died March 2, 1914), a harness-manufacturer, who migrated to the USA in 1850, settling in Brooklyn. Fitkin's parents were married on December 31, 1861.
Fitkin had thirteen brothers and sisters: Thomas Ellsworth Fitkin (1862–1868); Louisa Fitkin (born 1863; died June 1879 of diphtheria); Mary E. Fitkin Raynor (born October 1865; died 1952); Nellie Fitkin Christy (born September 20, 1866; died 1936); Walter Raleigh Fitkin (born October 1868; died June 1935); Thomas George Fitkin (born and died in 1869); William Fitkin (born and died 1870); Robert Laurence Fitkin (born May 26, 1873; died February 20, 1938); Maude Fitkin (born and died in 1875); Sarah "Sadie" Fitkin (1876–1882); Francis "Nance" Fitkin (born March 1880; died in 1880); and Fuller Fitkin (born and died in 1881).
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