Bio: K. E. Merren; Jamaica, then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000





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K. E. Merren, oil operator of Shreveport, has the distinction of having been
the leader in promoting one of the most beneficent organizations in America,
the Isaac Walton League, through which some of the resources so lavishly
wasted by previous generations of Americans may be conserved and restored so
far as possible for the use and recreation of untold generations to follow.

The Isaac Walton League of America, first organized in Chicago, now has
branches or chapters in over forty states of the Union.  Its principal objects
are to protect and conserve the fish and game resources of America; to protect
and preserve forests and promote reforestation; to protect rivers and streams
from contamination and to conserve pure water supply wherever possible; to
bring about the setting aside of land for public park purposes, either through
federal or state authorization.  This League has already accomplished a great
deal in line with this program.

Mr. Merren was one of the organizers of the Shreveport Chapter of the Isaac
Walton League of America, and is designated by the chapter to organize similar
chapters over the state.  Like other active members of the League, he is
endeavoring to bring about its object through education and public discussion
and through the enactment of the necessary laws and regulations by both the
federal and state governments.  There is hardly a state in the Union with more
obvious natural possibilities for game preserves and natural parks and beauty
spots than Louisiana.

Mr. Merren was born of English parentage on the Island of Jamaica.  He came to
the United States at the age of eighteen, first locating at Biloxi,
Mississippi, and since 1913 has been a resident of Shreveport.  He is one of
the prominent oil operators in the southwest, maintaining headquarters in
Shreveport, with offices in the City National Bank Building.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 207, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by
The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.