Alessandro Fabbri

Alessandro Fabbri (1877–1922) was both the builder and the commanding officer of the Otter Cliffs Radio Station, a United States Navy facility that was important during World War I. He was awarded the Navy Cross for exceptionally meritorious service. Before the US entered the war, the New York Times reported that Alessandro and his brother were under investigation by the US government, suspected of using radio equipment to assist German spies. Upon publication of a vigorous response from Ernesto, the Times clarified that the government had been investigating radio operators in general, not targeting the Fabbris specifically. Alessandro's brother Ernesto and uncle were associate and partner respectively of J.P. Morgan & Co. Ernesto Jr. and family owned the Bar Harbor "cottage" Buonriposo. Alessandro Fabbri was remembered as a scientist who also "achieved distinction as a naturalist, hunte...