Edward C. Marshall

Mr. Marshall was President of Duke Power Company and formerly President of Seaboard Airline Railway Company, Merchants and Farmers Bank of Portsmouth and the American Tobacco Company of New York. The Marshall Steam Station located on Lake Norman in Catawba County, N.C., was named for him. Mr. Marshall was selected by James B. Duke as one of the original Trustees of The Duke Endowment. He served as Assistant Secretary for 12 years and as Vice Chairman for eight years until his death in 1953. He was named to the Committee on Hospitals and Child Care. Mr. Marshall was an honorary pallbearer at James B. Duke’s funeral.