Federal Reserve Board Adolph C. Miller. The committee established a Franklin K. Lane Memorial Fund, initially dedicated to the support of Lane's widow, Anne Lane, and upon her death to be used to promote causes in which her husband believed. The two future presidents, Miller, and National Park Service Director Mather were among the major contributors to the fund. In 1939, after Mrs. Lane's death, the corpus of the trust (just over $100,000) was transferred to the former Secretary's alma mater, the University of California, to promote the understanding and improvement of the American system of democratic government. Fifty years later, the entrusted amount, still administered by the University, had grown to almost $1.9 million. In November 1921, Lane Peak in Mount Rainier National Park was named for the former Secretary. Lane was named a National Historic Person on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada on May 19, 1938. A federal plaque was affixed to a cairn reflecting that honor near his DeSable, PEI, birthplace. Other tributes to Lane included a World War II Liberty ship, a New York City high school, and a California redwood grove. Lane's patriotic essay "Makers of the Flag" adapted from a speech he delivered to Interior Department employees on Flag Day 1914, continues to be reprinted as a speech and in schoolbooks. See also List of foreign-born United States Cabinet members Bo Sweeney References Bibliography Books Journals External links Biographical vignette from the U.S. National Park Service The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History (1989) Lane Peak |- |- |- |- 1864 births 1921 deaths 20th-century American politicians American prosecutors California Democrats Canadian emigrants to the United States Lawyers from San Francisco National Park Service People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island People of the Interstate Commerce Commission Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Politicians from San Francisco Railway Wage Commission San Francisco Chronicle people United States Secretaries of the Interior University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, Hastings College of the Law alumni Woodrow Wilson administration cabinet members San Francisco City Attorneys