Eugene C. Eppley

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Eugene C. Eppley (April 8, 1884-October 14, 1958) was owner of the Eppley Hotels which at one time was the largest privately owned hotel chain in the United States.[1]

Eppley was born in Akron, Ohio. His first hotel was the McKinley Hotel in Canton, Ohio in 1903. He was a director of Sheraton Hotels, Mid-Continent Airlines, and the Mount Rushmore Foundation [2].

Eppley sold the 22-hotel chain (the biggest hotel of which was the 1,600 room William Penn -- now the Omni William Penn Hotel -- in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) to Sheraton Hotels in 1958 for $30 million shortly before his death. Other hotels in his empire included the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky and the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.

Eppley died a bachelor and proceeds from his Eppley Foundation have been used for numerous philanthropies throughout the Midwest which bear his name including:

  1. ^ Closing the Gap - Time Magazine - June 4, 1956
  2. ^ 10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J Part One - William Denslow - 1957
  • Eugene C. Eppley His Life and Legacy by Harl Adams Dalstrom 1969 ASIN B000FMMISK
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