Malcolm Greene Chace was an American financier and textile industrialist who was instrumental in bringing electric power to New England. He introduced ice hockey to the United States, and was Yale Universitys first hockey captain. He was also an amateur tennis player whose highest ranking was U.S. No.in 1895.
Chace was born March 12, 1875 in Central Falls, Rhode Island into the illustrious Chace family. Malcolms great grandfather Oliver Chace was a textile mill owner, whose company later became Berkshire Hathaway. His grandmother was antislavery activist Elizabeth Buffum Chace. His parents were Brown University chancellor Arnold Buffum Chace and Eliza Greene Chace. His son, Malcolm Greene Chace, Jr. and grandson Malcolm Greene Chace III also became directors of Berkshire Hathaway.
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