James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow | |
|---|---|
c. 1910 | |
| President of the Boy Scouts of America | |
| In office May 29, 1925 – March 13, 1926 | |
| Preceded by | Colin H. Livingstone |
| Succeeded by | Milton A. McRae |
| President of the Boston City Council | |
| In office 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Henry E. Hagan |
| Succeeded by | Walter L. Collins |
| President of General Motors | |
| In office 1910–1911 | |
| Preceded by | William M. Eaton |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Neal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1864 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | March 13, 1926 (aged 62) New York, New York, US |
| Resting place | Lincoln Cemetery Lincoln, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Helen Osborne |
| Children | James Jackson Storrow III |
James Jackson Storrow II (January 1864 – March 13, 1926) was an American investment banker, politician, and scouting leader. He gave up a legal career to become a partner of Lee, Higginson & Co. He was also involved with automobile business, first as president of General Motors, then with Nash Motors. Active in public life, Storrow was a member of Boston's city council and school committee and lost a close race for Mayor in 1910. A leader in the Boy Scouts of America, he was the organization's second president.
Storrow was instrumental in promoting the construction of a dam at the site of Craigie bridge across the Charles River (connecting Boston with Lechmere Point in East Cambridge). In 1910, completion of the dam created the Charles River Basin, the first phase of waterfront park development that resulted in the Charles River Esplanade. Over the objection of his widow, Helen Osborne Storrow, a six-lane highway was built parallel to the Esplanade in the early 1950's and named James Jackson Storrow Memorial Drive.