Lucius Seymour Storrs

Lucius Seymour Storrs (January 4, 1869–July 4, 1945) was a geologist, financier, and notable railway official. He was president of the Connecticut Company, His paternal grandparents, of English descent, were Lucius (born 1789) and Suzanne Storrs of Mansfield, Connecticut. He is the great-grandson of Dan Storrs (1748–1831), a selectman in Mansfield and a quartermaster of the Connecticut Militia, and Ruth Connant Storrs (1749–1792). His maternal grandparents, of Scottish descent, were Joseph and Janet Rankin.

Storrs is a relative of Henry Randolph Storrs, a U.S. Representative from New York; and William L. Storrs, a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Career During the period of 1890 to 1894, Storrs worked as an assistant geologist for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, In 1914, he became president of the Connecticut Company,

He belonged to several associations, including: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Mining Engineers, and Sigma Xi.

Later years After retiring, Storrs became chairman for the national defense committee of the American Electric Railway Association.

Grierson, on faculty at Smith College, lived in Northampton, Massachusetts, from the mid-1930s and it was in Northampton that Storrs died in 1945. He belonged to the Congregational Church.

Legacy In 1984, Grierson, a notable archivist, donated her father's geological papers pertaining to his work in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Washington to Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections at the University of Montana. The balance of his papers were donated to the University of Nebraska. His awards and family papers are held in a collection at Smith College: Medal, Sons of the American Revolution 1917, Badge, American Electric Railway Association, L. S. Storrs, President 1919, Certificate, United States Council of National Defense 1922, Certificate, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut 1924, Delegate Badge and Ribbon, Connecticut Delegation to the Republican Convention, Cleveland 1939, Badge and Ribbon, Union Station Celebration, L. S. Storrs, Executive Committee