James J. Storrow
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James Jackson Storrow II was a Boston-area investment banker instrumental in forming General Motors and its third president (for just two months, 1910-11). He was a partner with Henry Lee Higginson, founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
In 1910 he led the campaign to dam the Charles River to create the Charles River Basin and preserve and improve the riverbanks as a public park. The basin also eliminated tidal harbor pollution and the basin's low-tide odors.