Seventy's Original Board - Organized in 1904
(1) Frank Prichard : a law partner at one of the city’s outstanding firms.
(2) George Woodward : physician who was later responsible for developing the Chestnut Hill area as quality housing for low-income families.
(3) Samuel S. Fels : not only active with the Fels Naptha Company, but he also became one of Philadelphia ’s most prominent philanthropists. He took an active interest in, and gave generous support to, civic, scientific, cultural and educational causes. In 1936 Fels established the Samuel S. Fels Fund to continue financial support in these areas.
(4) William H. Pfahler : successful stove manufacturer.
(5) J. Percy Keating : prominent lawyer.
(6) Frederic H. Strawbridge : of Strawbridge & Clothier fame (dry goods merchant) and was insistent on perks for his employees in a time of labor unrest.
(7) Alfred D. Calvert : a printer and trade unionist who was an unsuccessful mayoral candidate in 1903.
(8) John C. Winston : book publisher and the first chairman of Seventy, who served until his death in 1920.
Other members included Morris L. Cooke, a mechanical engineer, George W. Norris, a banker, J. Henry Scattergood, a dye manufacturer; and former Mugwumps, Joshua L. Bailey, William W. Justice, William H. Jenks, Lewis Madeira, Walter Wood, and Francis B. Reeves.
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