Sheridan A. Logan and Col. Thomas Ashton Logan
Sheridan Logan graduated from Harvard College in 1923. After graduation, he went to work for the First National Bank of New York City, and in 1941 he became the Executive Secretary of the George F. Baker Trust, providing college scholarships for approximately 200 young men. Sheridan Logan returned to St. Joseph in 1966. Since then he has written two books: OLD SAINT JO: GATEWAY TO THE WEST, 1799-1932 and GEORGE F. BAKER AND HIS BANK, 1840-1955. Sheridan Logan died on November 5, 2003.
Col. Thomas Ashton Logan graduated from Yale University
in 1926 and from Harvard University Graduate School in 1935. He was
associated with Automatic Electric Co., which was merged into the General
Telephone and Electronics Co., working in Chicago, New York, Manila, Hong
Kong, and Taipei. Thomas Logan was a Colonel in the Illinois
National Guard. He was called to active duty in 1941 and participated
in the invasion of North Africa. Mr. Logan was awarded the Legion
of Merit for helping plan that invasion. Col. Thomas Ashton Logan
died March 13, 1991 in St. Joseph, MO.