[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 66 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E410]
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                         HONORING MORGAN MASSEY

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                        HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 16, 2021

  Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise in honor of Evan Morgan Massey of 
Richmond, Virginia, who passed away on March 10, 2021 at the age of 94. 
Morgan Massey was a business leader and philanthropist whose visionary 
leadership in the coal industry made an impact across the globe and 
certainly in the Ninth Congressional District of Virginia I represent.
  Mr. Massey was born on December 29, 1926. He trained for service as 
an aviator during World War II and later graduated from the University 
of Virginia. He joined his family's firm, A.T. Massey Coal Company, in 
1949. Mr. Massey helped drive the company from a midsize operation to 
one of the largest coal companies in the United States. The family sold 
the company to St. Joe Minerals in 1973, and Mr. Massey continued to 
run the company until he retired in 1991.
  Following retirement, Mr. Massey extended his endeavors across the 
globe, developing operations abroad and championing new uses for coal. 
He expanded mining into China and Venezuela and founded the Evan Energy 
Company to improve coal mining safety in South America and China. Mr. 
Massey supported research such as that at Virginia Tech which generates 
rare earth minerals from coal and coal byproducts. A tireless innovator 
and entrepreneur, Mr. Massey remained active in his office daily even 
late in life.
  Beyond his role in business, Mr. Massey served Richmond's 
philanthropic community through the Massey Foundation, founded by his 
uncle and father, and the Joan and Morgan Massey Foundation. His 
interests included higher education, medical research, and the 
development of new technologies, and his philanthropic support of these 
causes have improved the lives of many.
  Mr. Massey's survivors include his daughters, Elizabeth Anne Massey, 
Susan Chapman Massey and Nancy Lee Massey; sons, Evan Morgan Massey, 
Jr. and his wife, Robin, John William Massey and his wife, Kelli, 
Charles Taylor Massey and his wife, Sarah and Craig Lewis Massey and 
his wife, Sky; 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. I offer 
them my condolences on this loss of the great business leader and 
philanthropist.

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