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Hulbert S. Aldrich
Hulbert S. Aldrich (1907–1995) was an American banking executive and businessman who had a lengthy career with the New York Trust Company and its predecessor, the Chemical Bank, serving as director of both organizations during his career. He also chaired the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors from 1969 through 1977 and served as a board member of Hill Samuel, IBM, and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Life and career Aldrich, a graduate from Yale University, was born in Fall River,Massachusetts, in 1907. His older brother was the American football player Malcolm "Mac" Pratt Aldrich. In 1930, he joined the staff of the New York Trust Company (NYTC), where he was appointed vice president in 1943. He remained in that position until 1950, when he became president and director of the NYTC. His tenure as president marked several years of steady growth, and the NYTC was the ninth largest bank in New York City when it merged after nine years of his stewardship in 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Trust Company
The New York Trust Company was a large trust and wholesale-banking business that specialized in servicing large industrial accounts. It merged with the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank and eventually the merged entity became Chemical Bank. History On April 3, 1889, the New York Security and Trust Company received its certificate of authorization and was formed with Charles S. Fairchild as the first president and "original capital" of $1,000,000. Fairchild, a former Attorney General of New York (under Governors Samuel J. Tilden and Lucius Robinson), was serving as the 38th United States Secretary of the Treasury (under President Grover Cleveland) immediately before the company's formation. Fairchild had previously been a partner in the Boston Brahmin investment banking firm of Lee, Higginson & Co. Merger with Continental Trust Company, 1904 In 1904, the New York Security and Trust Company merged with the Continental Trust Company (which had been organized in 1890) under the New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Savings Bank
Empire Savings Bank was formed as the result of a merger between Excelsior Savings Bank and Empire City Savings Bank in 1967. It was declared insolvent in 1990, and had 125 branches in New York (state), New York, California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas, making it the 12th-largest bank in the United States in 1989. It was said that its problems were caused by the purchase of several insolvent banks during the 1980s from the support of federal regulators. In 1992 it was sold to Ridgewood Savings Bank and liquidated in 1995.{{Cite web , url=http://www.scripophily.com/nybankhistorye.htm , title=New York Bank History , access-date=2008-01-23 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304070226/http://www.scripophily.com/nybankhistorye.htm , archive-date=2007-03-04 , url-status=dead References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Bankers
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1995 Deaths
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1907 Births
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South Kingstown, Rhode Island
South Kingstown is a town in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,931 at the 2020 census. South Kingstown is the second largest town in Rhode Island by total geographic area, behind New Shoreham, and the third largest town in Rhode Island by geographic land area, behind Exeter and Coventry. History The Narragansett Indians were known to occupy a winter camp in the Great Swamp, within present day South Kingstown. In March of 1638, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams signed an agreement with two Sachems of the Narragansett Tribe, Canonicus and Miantonomoh, establishing the boundaries between the Narragansett Tribe and the Colony of Rhode Island, as well as to purchase Aquidneck Island. The agreement was signed at Pettaquamscutt Rock, which is now a part of South Kingstown. Twenty years later, on January 20, 1658, Roger Williams again met with the Sachems of the Narragansett Tribe to purchase much of the area that is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Compton, Rhode Island
Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, and on the east by the town of Westport, Massachusetts. The population was 3,616 at the 2020 census. History Little Compton was originally inhabited by the Sakonnet Indians and their settlement was called Sakonnet or Saughonet. The name has been interpreted in a variety of ways including "where the water pours forth". The first European settlers were from Duxbury, Massachusetts in the Plymouth Colony, which granted them their charter. The ruler of the Native Americans was a female sachem named Awashonks who was friendly to the newcomers and remained so during and after King Phillip's War. With her acquiescence, the new settlers divided the land into standard-sized lots for farms. Among the 29 original proprietors was Colonel Benjamin Church, who would become well known for his role in the late 17t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)
Presbyterian Hospital was a New York City hospital. It was founded in 1868 and began operations in 1872. It was originally located between East 70th Street and 71st Streets and Madison and Park Avenue. The hospital expanded continuously throughout the late 19th century, adding an outpatient dispensary in 1888, a school of nursing in 1892, and additional beds and services in 1892, 1893, 1904 and 1912. In 1998, Presbyterian Hospital merged with New York Hospital, creating New York Presbyterian Hospital. History Presbyterian Hospital was founded by James Lenox in 1868, and began operations in 1872, in buildings designed by Richard Morris Hunt. During the Spanish–American War, World War I and World War II, the hospital operated military wards or overseas hospital bases. In 1910, the hospital became affiliated with Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and with other hospitals and institutes in Manhattan, including, in 1925, the Sloane Hospital for Women, an obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemical Bank
Chemical Bank was a bank with headquarters in New York City from 1824 until 1996. At the end of 1995, Chemical was the third-largest bank in the U.S., with about $182.9 billion in assets and more than 39,000 employees around the world. Beginning in 1920 and accelerating in the 1980s and 1990s, Chemical was a leading consolidator of the U.S. banking industry, acquiring Chase Manhattan Bank, Manufacturers Hanover, Texas Commerce Bank and Corn Exchange Bank among others. After 1968, the bank operated as the primary subsidiary of a bank holding company that was eventually renamed Chemical Banking Corporation. In 1996, Chemical acquired Chase Manhattan Corporation in a merger valued at $10 billion to create the largest financial institution in the United States. Although Chemical was the acquiring company and the nominal survivor, the merged bank adopted the Chase name, which was considered to be better known, particularly internationally. Overview of the company Chemical Bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Exchange Bank
The Corn Exchange Bank was a retail bank founded in 1853 in New York state. Over the years, the company acquired many community banks. History In 1855, the Corn Exchange Bank moved into an existing building in New York City at the northwest corner of William and Beaver Streets in Manhattan. In 1894, the bank completed its new headquarters, an 11-story building designed by Robert Henderson Robertson located at 11-15 William Street. Between 1923 and 1925, together with a number of other New York banks, it held a small stake in the Connecticut-chartered Bank of Central and South America. In 1929, it was renamed the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company. In 1954, it merged with Chemical Bank and the combined entity took the name Chemical Corn Exchange Bank. After Chemical Corn merged with New York Trust Company in 1959, the words "Corn Exchange" were dropped, creating the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company. As late as 1928, photographs show that the Corn Exchange Bank had a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Aldrich
Malcolm Pratt "Mac" Aldrich (October 1, 1900 – July 31, 1986) was an American football player for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1919 to 1921. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at the halfback position in 1921. Aldrich was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He died July 31, 1986, at age 85. Yale Aldrich was the Yale Bulldogs' senior team captain in 1921, and excelled as a runner and passer. He drop-kicked a 48-yard field goal against Brown, and defeated the Princeton Tigers 13-7 by kicking two fourth-quarter field goals. He scored 86 points on the season, making him the nation's third leading scorer in 1921. Aldrich was also the Yale Bulldogs baseball captain. He played catcher. Commonwealth Fund After graduating from Yale in 1922, he joined the Commonwealth Fund, which donated money for medical education. He became the Fund president in 1940, chairman in 1963, and received an award for distinguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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