John B. Trevor Jr.

John Bond Trevor, Jr. (4 July 1909 – 27 August 2006) was an electrical engineer,[1] author,[2] trustee of the Trudeau Institute,[3] and a director of the Pioneer Fund.[4][5]

Biography

Trevor was born in 1909. His father, John B. Trevor, Sr., was an influential immigration restrictionist.[6] Trevor graduated Columbia College and Columbia School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry.[7]

During World War II, he was Project Engineer in charge of developing and evaluating Shipborne Anti-Aircraft Control Systems at the Naval Research Laboratory; author of several classified books and manuals for the armed forces; decorated with the Meritorious Civilian Service Award by the United States Navy.[1]

Trevor spent decades in the Pioneer Fund, the funder of scientific racism, as a director and treasurer.[8] Testifying against more liberal immigration laws in 1965, Trevor warned against "a conglomeration of racial and ethnic elements" that he said led to "a serious culture decline."[9] He was a founder of the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, which promoted "undivided allegiance to the United States" as well as immigration restrictions.[10]

Trevor was a trustee of the Trudeau Institute for twenty-two years.[3][11]

An accomplished sailor, he was Commodore of the St. Regis Yacht Club (1938–1939, 1962–1964, 1979–1980),[12] and he co-authored Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing.[2]

He was a past president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, as well as a past trustee of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.[13] He was the oldest member of the Union Club of New York City at the time of his death on August 27, 2006.[13] His papers are stored at the University of Michigan.[14]

References
  1. Grover, F.W., "I.R.E. People", Proceedings of the I.R.E., Vol. 34, Issue 11, pgs 587-594 (August 1946) I.R.E. People
  2. Calahan, H.A. and Trevor, Jr., John B. (1936). Wind and Tide in Yacht Racing, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
  3. The Trudeau Institute, HSL-wiki Trudeau Institute Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Pioneer Fund. Founders and Former Directors Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Alexander, Brian (February 26, 2006). Breeding ground for bad ideas. 'Better for All the World,' a look at eugenics and America, is a superb cultural history. (book review) San Diego Union-Tribune
  6. O'Connor, Brendan (2021). Blood Red Lines : How nativism fuels the Right. Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-1-64259-381-5. OCLC 1229922355.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1955). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  8. Miller, Adam (1994). "The Pioneer Fund: Bankrolling the Professors of Hate". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (6): 58–61. doi:10.2307/2962466. ISSN 1077-3711. JSTOR 2962466.
  9. Lichtenstein, Grace (December 11, 1977). Fund Backs Controversial Study of "Racial Betterment." New York Times
  10. "The American Coalition - Why It Was Organized and What It Does" (PDF). 1940-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  11. "Ellen Armstrong, Accountant, Married". The New York Times. 1974-09-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  12. St. Regis Yacht Club Centennial 1897–1997, Carl B Ely Shedd (1997)
  13. "John B. Trevor Jr. Obituary (2006) The Day". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  14. Trevor, John B. "John B. Trevor, Jr. Papers". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
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