death_date death_place citizenship image_size birth_date known_for image article_title name alma_mater
1 september 1928 buffalo , new york united states 180 16 may 1869 businessman , athlete james van inwagen.jpg james van inwagen
 james van inwagen university of michigan
james van inwagen

james w. van inwagen , jr. -lrb- may 16 , 1869 -- september 1 , 1928 -rrb- was an american businessman and a member of the tiffany family .
he played college football for the university of michigan from 1888 to 1891 and was captain of the 1891 michigan wolverines football team .
after graduating from michigan , he operated the tiffany enameled brick company in illinois with his father , james van inwagen , sr. .
he later moved to new york where he served as the president of the tiffany electric manufacturing company , the maker of tiffany never-wind clocks .
