Ambrose Monell

He served as the first president of the International Nickel Company and was the namesake of the alloy known as Monel.

[3] Expected to be a lawyer, Monell entered instead Columbia School of Mines, earning his degree in 1896.

He was named one of the "Carnegie Boys" by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr. as having made an impact on American industry.

In 1917, Monell resigned from the company to become a colonel on the staff of the American aviation services in France.

[14] The New York Times speculated that his death had to do with "strain of war" as he never returned to active business life and spent time at a sanitarium in Beacon, New York,[14][17] and one narrative has him become more politically active, in 1920 supporting the failed Republican candidacy of General Leonard Wood.