the end of his life he and his second cousin and fellow director, Arthur Curtiss James, were instrumental in bringing about the transfer of the railroad system owned by Dodge Phelps, the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad. It went to the Southern Pacific Company for $64 million. Death Cleveland H. Dodge died on June 24, 1926 in Riverdale, New York of pneumonia. Yachting Cleveland owned a series of yachts starting with a small boat called Kittiwake and then a 46 footer called Wasp. Next came a seventy footer called Hester followed by Corona, a yacht built in 1893 as Colonia to defend the America's Cup although she failed to be selected. She was a very fast vessel and Cleveland, who was a member of the New York Yacht Club, had some success racing her. The "Christian Student" Cleveland made a gift to Princeton of a bronze sculpture of his dead brother, W. Earl Dodge, called The Christian Student, which had been commissioned by Cleveland from Daniel Chester French, and showed his brother in sports clothing with books under his arms and academic gown over his shoulder. It became the target of student pranks and these became so bad that the authorities eventually had to remove the sculpture to storage. Family tree Legacy Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation Gallery See also William E. Dodge William E. Dodge Jr. Bayard Dodge David S. Dodge References External Links Dodge Family Correspondence found in Bliss Family Papers from the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections 1860 births 1926 deaths American financiers American investors American manufacturing businesspeople Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from New York (state) American businesspeople in metals Businesspeople in steel Businesspeople in wood products Deaths from pneumonia in New York City Dodge family People from the Bronx Philanthropists from New York (state) Princeton University alumni