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Louis W. Dawson
Louis Welton Dawson (November 26, 1896 – December 17, 1989) was an American lawyer and insurance executive who served as president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Early life Dawson was born on November 26, 1896, in Boonton, New Jersey. He was a son of Nicholas Jacobus Dawson and Alice Louise ( Crevier) Dawson. He attended Cornell University School of Law, where he graduated from in 1919 and served as Student Editor-in-Chief of ''The Cornell Law Quarterly''. He had been awarded the Boardman scholarship for the year 1918-1919 and was elected to membership in the Order of the Coif. Career Dawson was admitted to the New York bar in 1921 and became a partner of the Wall Street law firm, Powell, Lowrie & Ruch. In 1928, Dawson began working in the law department of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York before becoming vice president and general counsel in 1938. He was elected to the board of trustees in 1941. In September 1948, following the death of Alexander E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutual Life Insurance Company Of New York
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (also known as Mutual of New York or MONY) was the oldest continuous writer of insurance policies in the United States. Incorporated in 1842, it was headquartered at 1740 Broadway, before becoming a wholly owned subsidiaries of AXA Financial, Inc. in 2004. History In 1841 Alfred Shipley Pell, who had worked for the Mutual Safety Insurance Company, and businessman Morris Robinson, decided to form a life insurance company with Robinson as president. They received a charter from the state of New York for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York on April 12, 1842, and opened the doors for business less than a year later on February 1, 1843. The company was formed at the beginning what became an eight-year period that saw the founding of several other major insurance companies like New York Life (1845), Massachusetts Mutual (1851), and Aetna (1853). From its inception, the Mutual Life was a mutual company that was owned by its polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |