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John Morgan (sailor)

John Morgan
Born John Adams Morgan
September 17, 1930 (1930-09-17) (age 86)
Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
Education Groton School
Alma mater Yale University
Board member of Masco
Provident Loan Society
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Robbins Choate
(m. 1953; div. 1957)

Tonia Goss
(m. 1962; div.)
Sonja Tremont
(m. 1998; div. 2008)
Children John Adams Morgan Jr.
Chauncey Goss Morgan
Quincy Adams Morgan
Parent(s) Henry Sturgis Morgan
Catherine Lovering Adams
Relatives See Morgan family
Awards Olympic Gold Medal at 1952 Olympics: 6m class

John Adams Morgan (born September 17, 1930) is an American sailor and Olympic champion and the founder and chairman of Morgan Joseph. His father, Henry Sturgis Morgan, was the co-founder of Morgan Stanley and his great-grandfather was J. P. Morgan, founder of J.P. Morgan & Co.

John Adams Morgan was born on September 17, 1930 in Oyster Bay on Long Island to Henry Sturgis Morgan (1900–1982) and Catherine Frances Lovering Adams (1902–1988), the daughter of Frances Lovering and Charles Francis Adams III, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Hoover, and a direct descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

Morgan attended the Groton School, graduating in 1949. He then attended Yale University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953.

He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Llanoria.

From 1956 to 1966, he was a Partner in Dominick & Dominick. From 1966 to 1982, he worked at Smith Barney, serving as was a Senior Vice President in charge of the Corporate Finance Department, and as Vice Chairman of Smith Barney in charge of the firm's merger and acquisition activities, a member of the executive committee and a director of Smith Barney International Inc.


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