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General First nameMichael Alexander
LastnameAgelasto
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1869-03-10
Place of birthSyros, Greece
Date of death1949-09-20
Place of deathNorfolk, Virginia, United States of America


About

Occupation: 1900, engineer; Merchant/Broker; with J.S. Jenkins & Co., Nofolk, cotton brokers.
Vice-consul for Greece 1888-1891 (Norfolk Directory).
Education: 1888-91, BA, St Johns College [Johns Hopkins University], Annapolis MD, USA ( 14 Jun 1891, p 24); 1891-92, graduate studies, Electrical Engineering, St Johns College [Johns Hopkins University]Annapolis , MD, USA; 1892-1893, AM [medicine], Columbia University, NYC, USA

Patent #571,426, Electric Thermometer, 17 Nov. 1896
Residence: 1890, student, 205 W. Madison, Baltimore, MD; 1891-91, student, 914 McCulloh, Baltimore, MD; 1900-1910, 54 York St., Norfolk, Va.; 1927 & 1930, 4-C Hague Apartments, 606 Fairfax Ave., Norfolk, Va.
Naturalization: Citizenship granted 2 Apr 1906, no. 9267, signed by Elihu Root, Secretary of State; height indicated as 5?4?. Passport application filed 31 March 1906 in advance of 3 April 1906 sailing. The 1900 census says he immigrated to the US in 1877.


Travel: 18 June 1888: Liverpool to Queenstown, NY, on Umbria, Cunard Line; 3 April 1906, from New York, on S.S. Barbarossa; 1 June 1906, Naples to New York on Konig Albert; 10 May 1907, Cherbourg, France to New York, on Kaiser Wilhelm; 23 Aug 1927: Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, PA, on Denderah. NB: he was not with his parents and older brother, 7 Oct. 1869, Liverpool to NYC aboard China.


Michael Agelasto worked in cotton brokerage, which he thoroughly detested, he was educated as both an engineer and medical doctor, but he practiced neither of these professions. The middle of the three brothers, it was he who never married and had the responsibility to take care of his mother who did not die until Mickey was himself 65 years old. Mickey was fluent in several languages, including classical Greek, and he managed to flee to Europe for summer vacations, leaving his mother, I suspect, to his siblings\' management.
A founding member of the Memphis Cotton Exchange. He is listed (Box 485, Norfolk, Va.) Jan 1903, as a member/associate of the American branch of The Society For Psychical Research. See, Edward T. Bennett, The Society For Psychical Research - Its Rise And Progress And A Sketch Of Its Work (Kessinger Publishing, 2006, re-issue), p 455

He attended the 5 Feb 1893 wedding of E. Pilalas and Catherine Elesteropoulo at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, W 53d St., New York City, along with Theodore P. and Mrs. Ralli, P.P. Negreponte, and John C. Maximos.
At the time he was probably a student at Columbia.
A modern art enthusiast who was an early member of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He introduced T. Catesby Jones, an arts patron, to the State of Virginia art collections. Jones bequeathed the bulk of his modern art collection to Virginia institutions in 1947; Michael Agelasto is cited in the exhibition catalogue for his role. (The exhibition catalogue, Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris: The T. Catesby Jones Collections, The U. Va Art Musueum, 30 Jan - 24 Apr 2009 (Parker Agelasto).
He and his brother Alec played the amateur tennis circuit. While in Europe (3 Apr - 1 Jun) either he or a namesake \'M Agelastos\' represented Greece in singles tennis in the Athens 1906 Olympics [22 Apr - 1 Jun], losing in the first round by default.

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Archive statistics Career1892 - 1909
Tournament wins0
Matches15
Match wins5


Tournaments Virginia State Championships - 1909 Virginia State Championships - 1908 Olympics, Olympic Games - 1906 Old Dominion Championship - 1905 Southern Championships - 1900 Lenox Tournament - 1900 US Open - 1893 Narragansett - 1893 Southern Championships - 1892 New York State Championships - 1892