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Franklin D'Olier (April 28, 1877 – December 10, 1953) was an American businessman who served as the first national commander of The American Legion from 1919 to 1920. He was also the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.
Franklin D'Olier Reeve (September 18, 1928 – June 28, 2013) was an American academic, writer, poet, Russian translator, and editor. He was also the father of Superman actor Christopher Reeve. He was the grandson of the first American Legion national commander, Franklin D'Olier.
Franklin D’Olier, The American Legion’s first national commander. Born in New Jersey in 1877, D’Olier graduated from Princeton University and was heading up his father’s textile operation when World War I started.
Franklin D'Olier was an American insurance executive and businessman. He was among the delegates who assembled in Paris in March 1919 to establish the American Legion, being later unanimously elected the first commander of the American Legion at the Minneapolis convention.
Franklin D’Olier was born April 28, 1877 in Burlington, NJ, just across the river from Philadelphia. His father, William D’Olier, emigrated from Ireland to Burlington in 1860 at the age of 16 and went on to found William D’Olier & Co., a cotton-yarn spinning firm based in Philadelphia, in 1869.
Franklin D'Olier of Pennsylvania was elected to serve as the first national commander, and Lemuel Bolles of Washington was appointed as the first national adjutant. Indianapolis won the bid in a competition with four other cities – Minneapolis, Detroit, Kansas City, Mo., and Washington, D.C. – to become the permanent home of The American ...
Franklin D’Olier’s chief aim as national commander was the development and implementation of policies expressing the values of individual Legionnaires. His position on adjusted compensation for veterans, highly controversial at the time, evolved significantly as he listened to Legionnaires he met in his travels.
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