Ernestine raclin biography examples

It was 1905 when young Ernest Morris, an orphan with very few resources, came to then-University of Notre Dame President Rev. John W.

Cavanaugh, C.S.C., seeking financial assistance to attend law school. He received a $100 loan and was accepted for legal studies.

After graduating, he went on to a career in law and finance, founding in 1917 what evolved into the Associates Investment Co.

of America, a pioneer of automobile financing for the common man that grew into one of the most successful diversified finance companies in the country. He never forgot Father Cavanaugh’s generosity and, just a year before his death in May 1951, he and his wife, Ella, made a $1 million gift to Notre Dame for the construction of a full-service, on-campus hotel — the Morris Inn.

That spirit of generosity was passed down to his daughter Ernestine, who served for many years on Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees.

She died on Thursday (July 13) in