ARMOUR, Ogden, American capitalist and packer: b. in Milwaukee, Wis., 11 Nov. 1863, the son of Philip Danforth Armour and Malvin Belle Armour. His mother was a daughter of Jonathan Ogden, a prominent mer chant of Cincinnati, and his father, Philip Dan forth Armour, was a pioneer in the meat pack ing industry in America and also widely known for his philanthropy. He endowed the Armour Institute of Technology, and the Armour Mis sion in Chicago, giving them a total of over $2,500,000. J. Ogden Armour was educated at the Harvard School, Chicago, and at Yale Uni versity, He did not complete the course at the latter institution, but yielded to the request of his father that he should return to Chicago and relieve him of some of his business cares. Consequently he entered the business house of Armour & Co. in 1883. Beginning as a subor dinate, he soon became a partner and later, upon the incorporation of the firm in 1900, was made a director and vice-president. Upon the death of his father in 1901 he became president of Armour & Co. Under his direc
tion the steady and vigorous growth of the firm and its subsidiaries has been maintained. He finds his greatest satisfaction in having suc cessfully carried on, extended and developed the industrial activities and the philanthropic enterprises bequeathed him by his father. Mr. Armour married Lolita, daughter of Martin J. Sheldon, retired capitalist of Suffield, Conn. Mr. Armour is a director in various corpora tions, including the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Co., the National City Bank of New York, the Fort Worth Stock Yards Co., the Stock Yards National Bank, South Omaha, the Continental and Commercial Na tional Bank, the Northwestern National Insur ance Co., the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, etc. He is also a member of the Illinois State Council of De fense and has published The Packers and the People > ( 1906) .