Arthur H. Fleming

Arthur H. Fleming (1856 – August 11, 1940) was a successful Canadian-American lumber operator in the western United States of America around the turn of the 20th century and is best known as a philanthropist who, with his daughter, gave more than $5,000,000 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).[1] Fleming House at Caltech is named in his honor. Fleming also funded the construction of a World War I memorial in Compiègne to house the railroad car in which the 1918 Armstice with Germany was signed. The railcar was later seized by Nazi Germany in 1940.[2]

For persons of a similar name, see Arthur Fleming (disambiguation).
Arthur H. Fleming in 1920

Fleming held many positions of authority. During World War I he served as chief of the state councils section of the Council of National Defense.[2] In the 1920s, he was president of the California Institute of Technology, Sugar Pine Lumber Company, and the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company; a director of Southern California Edison; and vice-president of the Minarets and Western Railroad.[3]

Further reading
  • Johnston, Hank (2011). Rails to the Minarets: The Story of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company (Fourth Edition (Revised) ed.). Fish Camp, California: Stauffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9846848-0-9.

References
  1. "Arthur H. Fleming, who gave Caltech millions, dies at home here : Noted philanthropist contributed both time and money to cause of education, arts, won Noble award for civic service :: Pasadena Public Library". Pasadena Star-News Collection. August 12, 1940. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. "Arthur Fleming Succumbs at 84". San Pedro News Pilot. San Pedro, California. August 12, 1940. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  3. "Lumber Men Visit Mills". Madera Tribune. January 10, 1923. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
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