Thomas Cartter Lupton (1899–1977) was an American businessman.
Biography
Early life
He was the only child of
John Thomas Lupton
John Thomas Lupton (1862–1933) was an American lawyer, industrialist and philanthropist who along with Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead, obtained exclusive rights from Asa Candler to bottle and sell Coca-Cola.
Early life
Lupton was born n ...
, founder of the
Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and Elizabeth Patten.
Philanthropy
A philanthropist, he founded the
Lyndhurst Foundation
The Lyndhurst Foundation is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based grant-making foundation organized in 1938 by Coca-Cola Bottling Company magnate Cartter Lupton. The Lyndhurst Foundation was the first private foundation in Tennessee, and it focuses on ...
, formerly known as The Memorial Welfare Foundation. The
Lupton Library at the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT-Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a public university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is one of four universities and two other affiliated institutions in the ...
is named for him and his wife.
Personal life
He was married to Margaret Rawlings Lupton. They had a son,
John T. Lupton II. They lived in
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...
. Unlike his father or son, he was known for being a recluse. The neighborhood
Lupton City is named after him.
At the time of his death, his $200 million (USD) estate was the largest ever probated in the South.
References
External links
The Lyndhurst Foundation
1899 births
1977 deaths
American drink industry businesspeople
Coca-Cola people
People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
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