Eugene C. Eppley

(1884-1958) lived in Omaha. Hotel executive, philanthropist, known as the largest individual hotel operator in the world, owning more than 20 hotels between 1915 and 1956; established a foundation which provided grants totaling some $36 million to over 50 charitable, civic, educational, and medical institutions and organizations; airport and cancer center in Omaha named after him. Consult New York Times, May 23, 1956, p. 31 and obituary of October 15, 1958, p. 39 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, September 5, 1961, p. I-3 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 3 (1960) 262 and Harl A. Dalstrom, Eugene C. Eppley, His Life and Legacy (Johnsen Publishing, 1969) and Sunday World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, April 24, 1977, pp. 8-9.

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