Carl Magee Carl Magee Carlton Cole "Carl" Magee (January 1872 – February 1946) was an American lawyer and publisher. He also patented the first parking meter which was installed for use. He was born in Iowa. Magee graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1896. Magee founded the "Magee's Independent" in 1922, which would change its name to the "New Mexico State Tribune" in 1923 and to the "Albuquerque Tribune" in 1933. The Tribune became defunct in 2008. Magee was important in bringing the Teapot Dome Scandal to the fore. When a judge Magee had once accused of corruption knocked him down in
Martha Magee before her death, Magee bequeathed £20,000 in her will to the Presbyterian Church of Ireland to found a college for theology and the arts. Martha Magee Martha Magee (c. 1755-1846) was a philanthropist and a co-founder and the namesake of Magee College in Ireland. Martha Maria Magee was born in Lurgan around 1755. She married Rev. William Magee, a Presbyterian minister, who was ordained in 1780 and died in 1800 leaving her dependent on the Presbyterian Widow's Fund. Magee raised two sons, both of whom entered the military and died as young men. Magee inherited substantial money from her two