creating a state park, but left the issue of timber-cutting ambiguous. The state's constitutional convention in 1894, an amendment to fully protect the trees of the park was unanimously approved by a vote of 122 to 0. It went into full affect in 1895. Jesup also served as trustee for the Syrian Protestant College (American University of Beirut) from 1884 to 1892, and board chair from 1893 to 1908. He also built "Post Hall", which is home to the university's Archaeological Museum and Geology Department. Jesup was president of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1899 until 1907, and was the largest subscriber to its new building. Jesup was a member of the Jekyll Island Club (aka The millionaires Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia along with J.P. Morgan and William Rockefeller among others. To his native town he donated funds to construct the Westport Public Library. Personal life In 1854, Morris married Maria van Antwerp DeWitt (1834–1914). Maria was a daughter of Rev. Thomas DeWitt Jr., who was the pastor of the Collegiate Dutch Church in New York City for forty years. Her sister, Mary Elizabeth DeWitt, was the wife of Theodore Cuyler, general counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and mother to Thomas DeWitt Cuyler among others. Jesup died on January 22, 1908, aged 77, at 107 Madison Avenue, his home in New York City and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Legacy and honors 1905, he was knighted by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia for his philanthropic work aiding immigrants from the Russian Empire. Columbia University's Jesup Lectureship is named after him. The Morris K. Jesup Psychological Laboratory on Vanderbilt University's Peabody campus was named for him and was the first building of its kind in the world; Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of mainland Greenland, as well as Morris Jesup Glacier, were named in his honor. The American Museum of Natural History's hall of Northwest Coast Indians is named after him. The town of Jesup, Iowa is named for him. Jesup Trail at Acadia National Park is named after Jesup and his wife. See also Westport Public Library Notes References Attribution External links Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History - Objects and Photographs from Jesup North Pacific Expedition 1897-1902 (section Collections Online, option Collections Highlights). Archives of the Peary Arctic Club - Correspondences between Morris Ketchum Jesup and Robert E. Peary 1830 births