Stimpson history

The collections were sent to the recently founded Smithsonian Institution, and in 1856 Stimpson came to Washington to begin sorting, classifying, and describing the marine invertebrates, a task that would occupy him for the next five years.

Stimpson’s life took a decisive turn in 1865 when his closest friend among the Megatheria, the Illinois naturalist Robert Kennicott, asked him to oversee the Chicago Academy of Sciences for a year while Kennicott explored in Russian America.

Kennicott died at Nulato the following year, but the reports that he and his team sent back helped to convince Congress to purchase Alaska in 1867.

Florence Stimpson, aged 2, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waitangi" in 1874

​By Dennis MikusThe Stimpson Homestead is a replica of Charles and Ella Stimpson’s “Maple Ridge Farm,” which was originally built in the 1880’s.

Stimson’s public career began in 1906, when President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him to be United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.

On 15 July 1907, the company became incorporated as the Edwin B. Stimpson Company in alignment with New York state law.

Appointed as Secretary of War for the Taft administration in 1911, Stimson continued his predecessor and mentor Elihu Root’s efforts to reorganize and professionalize the United States Army.

President Calvin Coolidge appointed Stimson Governor General of the Philippines later that year, a post that he held until he was appointed Secretary of State in March of 1929.

Upon Japan’s occupation of Manchuria in 1931, Stimson articulated what later became known as the "Stimson Doctrine," that the United States would recognize no diminution of United States treaty rights brought about by aggression.

The farm remained in the Stimpson family until the 1940’s when it was sold to the Grebe family.

He also helped develop plans for the trial of war criminals after World War II. He retired in September of 1945.

During a period of high growth, the company opened a 278,000-square foot manufacturing and distribution center in Pompano Beach, Florida in 1961 to meet increasing product demand.

1964), English former professional footballer and current non-league manager

Barry Blechman and Michael Krepon founded the Stimson Center in 1989.

Stimson’s work on peacekeeping operations began a decade earlier in 1990.

In July 2000, Edwin B. Stimpson Co., Inc. and Wicks Unlimited, Inc. joined forces in a combined effort to bring the world’s candle industry a wealth of high-quality products and creative thinking.

Stimson is ranked 21st best United States think tank in the University of Pennsylvania ‘s 2016 Global Go To Think Tanks Report