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Royal Munger Cited in “Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon”
Page 306 (courtey of Google Books): In 1929 and 1930 Royal F. Munger, the chief financial writer for the Chicago Daily News, was the chief yea-sayer among the financial reporters, singing Insull’s praises to the point of idolatry. In 1931 … Continue reading
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Royal F Munger Gave a Talk Entitled “Economic Democracy” on December 9, 1936 at a Dinner Meeting of the Economic Club of Chicago
Listed in http://www.econclubchi.org/history/DinnerMeetings.pdf: December 9, 1936 Economic Democracy Royal F. Munger Financial Editor, Chicago Daily News
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More Notes from Chicago Literary Club Pertaining to Royal Munger and Edwin Munger
From http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagoliteraryc00wild/chicagoliteraryc00wild_djvu.txt: A large majority of the papers read during this season were full of literary vitamins. We were well nourished. There was Packard again with a story of travel in the Sahara; Thompson, who drew a deadly parallel between … Continue reading
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Royal Munger Cited in “10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z, Volume 3”
Page 246 of 10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z, Volume 3, courtesy of Google Books: Royal F. Munger (1894-1944) Newspaperman, author. b. July 25, 1894 in Chicago, Ill. Received doctorate from U. of Chicago in 1937. Was with the … Continue reading
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Royal Munger Gave Commencement Address at SAIC
From a list of 1941 news releases of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries of the Art Institute of Chicago (http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/research/specialcollections/aic/news/1941.html): SAIC Annual Graduation, commencement addressed by Royal F. Munger of the Chicago Daily News; awards presented by AIC Vice-President Chauncey McCormick; … Continue reading
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Royal Freeman Munger and Edwin Alston Munger, Members of Chicago Literary Club
Both Royal F. Munger, and his father, Edwin A Munger, were members of the Chicago Literary Club. Edwin was apparently a member from 1927 until his death in 1930 and Royal was apparently a member from 1929 until he “resigned” … Continue reading
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Royal Cited in a Footnote in “The Chicago Credit Market,” by Melchior Palyi
Courtesy of Google Books: “During the building boom the owner gradually faded into the background until he was frequently nothing more than a stooge for the bond house. And the money raised by the sale of the bond issue was … Continue reading
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Two Mungers Mentioned in “The Chicago Literary Club: Its History from the Season of 1924-1925 to the Season of 1945-1946”
Both Royal Freeman Munger, and his father, Edwin Allston Munger, are listed. Royal is associated with his work, Finance Since the World War, and his father with his book, As Told by the Survivors. Information found at http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagoliteraryc00wild/chicagoliteraryc00wild_djvu.txt.
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Crash Information Available at PacificWrecks.Org
From the web site, PacificWrecks.com: SAT-6/SNJ Texan Serial Number ? Pilot 1st. Lt (?) Passenger Captain Royal Freeman Munger, USMC O-016262 (MIA / KIA) IL MIA 1944 Mission History Crashed at the north end of Espiritu Santo in 1944 (?).The … Continue reading
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Annual Register of the University of Chicago, Scholars for the Year 1919-20
Royal Freeman Munger is listed on page 490, in Part X (The Award of Honors), under the heading “La Verne Notes Scholars.” Courtesy of Google Books.
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