Alfred Erskine Marling was the President of Horace S. Ely & Co. and later President of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York

Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York

The New York Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1768 by twenty New York City merchants, was the first commercial organization of its kind in the country. Attracting the participation of a number of New York's most influential business leaders, such as John Jacob Astor, Peter Cooper, and J...

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Biography

He was born in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and had a brother, Charles Edward Marling (c1860-1937). Alfred headed the Union League Club of New York

Union League Club of New York

The Union League Club of New York is a private social club in New York City. Its fourth and current clubhouse, which opened on February 2, 1931, is a building designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris, III, located at 38 East 37th Street between Madison and Park Avenue in the Murray Hill section of...

, and was a director or trustee in 16 corporations, he made national news in 1919 by proposing a $5,000,000 housing corporation to move 20,000 New Yorkers from tenements into modern low-cost apartments. He died on May 29, 1935.