Identifier: inmemoriamgeorge00vann (find matches)
Title: In memoriam, George Washington Watts : born August 18, 1851, died March 7, 1921
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Van Noppen, Charles L. (Charles Leonard), 1869-1938
Subjects: Watts, George Washington, 1851-1921 Watts Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
Publisher: Greensboro, N.C. : Charles L. Van Noppen (New York) : Privately printed (De Vinne Press)
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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and pursued it steadily. Notwithstanding the handicap of somewhat delicate health in his boyhood, he developed studious habits and so trained the powers of a naturally quick and vigorous mind that by the time he entered business as a salesman for his fathers firm he possessed the qualities which fore token success: clear intelligence, sound judgment, systematic habits, steady industry, and inflexible integrity, so that when his first great business opportunity came to him, at the age of twenty-seven, he was ready for it. This was the purchase of an interest in the business of the now famous house of W. Duke Sons & Company. When he moved to Durham and entered upon his new duties it soon became evident that, like other able members of that firm, he was a creative force in the business world. Under their joint efiorts the business grew with amazing rapidity, passing quickly from its original territory and establishing itself not only throughout America, but in every part of the civilized world.
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With the increase of his means Mr. Watts, like his associates in the firm, engaged in other large enterprises, including banks, railroads, and manufacturing companies. Throughout his entire business career he was prominent also as a public-spirited citizen and community builder, as shown, for example, in his zealous leadership or active cooperation in all the improvements that have marked the civic progress of Durham and the promotion of the comfort and convenience of its people. The most notable of these services to his own community was his splendid benefaction in the erection, equipment, and endowment of Watts Hospital. But after all is said, the most valuable contribution he made to the well-being of Durham was the influence of his own character and personality. The city is not an old one. It has made its marvelous growth for the most part in the last forty years. Its citizens can never be thankful enough that during this formative period, when their character as a people was being moulde

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