Orson Desaix Munn II

Orson Desaix Munn II (1883-1958) was an editor and publisher of Scientific American magazine.

He was the son of Henry Norcross Munn and his wife Annie E. Elder, the nephew of Charles Allen Munn, and the grandson of the original publisher of Scientific American, Orson Desaix Munn.

Munn married twice. His first wife was actress Margaret Lawrence. They married in 1911 and had two daughters, Elizabeth Munn and Louisine Elder Munn, before divorcing in 1922. Margaret Lawrence subsequently married actor Wallace Eddinger, and died in a murder-suicide in 1929.

Munn's second wife was born Caroline Nunder. They married in 1924 and had one son, Orson Desaix Munn III.

The second Mrs. Munn was a well known dress designer in the 1940s and 1950s under the name Carrie Munn.

Munn sold his interest in Scientific American magazine in 1950, and became senior partner of the law firm of Munn, Liddy, Daniels & March.

He died on 22 December 1958 in Southampton, Long Island.