Dodge Morgan
Dodge David Morgan was an American sailor, businessman, publisher and selfproclaimed contrarian. He flew fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1950s, worked as a newspaper reporter in Alaska, and became a millionaire by operating a company that manufactured radar detectors from 1971 to 1983. He gained fame in 1986 as the first American to sail solo around the globe with no stops. He also set a world record for eastward sailing when he completed his journey in 150 days, cutting the prior record of 292 days nearly in half. He spent his later years living on a 30acre island that he purchased in 1998 in Maines Quahog Harbor.
Morgan was born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1932. His father, Russell B. Morgan, was a pharmacist who died when Morgan was two or three years old. His mother, Ruth Dodge Morgan remarried, and Morgan recalled having quite a happy life with his new family. He described himself as a lousy student who devoted most of his time to sports and other such activities. He also worked at his uncles boatyard on Cape Cod as a teenager.
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