Gano Dunn

Gano Dunn was President of Cooper Union, and an early Chairman and CEO of the United States National Research Council.8

Son of Civil War veteran General N. Gano Dunn and Amelia Sillick, Gano Dunn was born in Yorkville, New York. With a prospering law practice, General Dunn raised Gano and his younger brother Harris, across from Central Park, as befitted one of the bestknown lawyers in the city. Inspired by his paternal grandfather, schoolteacher and inventor Nathaniel Dunn, young Gano was encouraged in both scholarship and practical invention.31

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