Mellon family

The Mellon family is a wealthy and influential family originally of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA and its vicinity. In addition to Mellon Bank they were principally known for their ties to Gulf Oil, Alcoa, and Koppers, as well as their influence on Westinghouse, H.J. Heinz, Newsweek, U.S. Steel and General Motors. The family also founded the National Gallery in both art and funds, claims the longest serving U.S. Treasury Secretary, and is a patron to the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

The family was founded by Judge Thomas Mellon (1813-1908), son of Andrew Mellon and Rececca Wauchob, and can be divided into four branches^[1]:

• Thomas Mellon (1813-1908), Judge and founder of the Mellon Bank who married Sarah Jane Negley
  • James Ross Mellon
    • William Larimer Mellon, Sr. (1868-1949) who married Rachel Larimer
      • Rachel Mellon Walton (1899-2006) who married John Walton, Jr.
      • Margaret Mellon Hitchcock
      • William Larimer Mellon, Jr. (1910-1989), founder of the Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
      • Matthew Mellon
        • Karl N. Mellon
          • Christopher Mellon (1958 -)
  • Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937), one of the longest serving U.S. Treasury Secretaries in history
    • Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969) who married David K. E. Bruce
    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
      • Timothy Mellon
  • Richard Beatty Mellon (1858-1933), American banker, industrialist and philanthropist
    • Richard King Mellon (1899-1970)
    • Sarah Mellon (1903-1965) who married Alan Scaife
      • Richard Mellon Scaife, (1932- ) chief sponsor of the Heritage Foundation and publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Thomas Alexander Mellon

References

1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Dan (July 01, 2007). "Mellon family's legacy lives on". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07182/798280-28.stm. 

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