James C. Kellogg III (1915–1980) was Chairman of the

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and chairman of the Board of Governors of the

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. Kellogg attended the

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, graduating in the class of 1933. He became the youngest member of the NYSE, purchasing his seat at age 21 in 1936, and the youngest person to be elected chairman, a position he held from 1956 to 1958.Staff
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, December 30, 1980. Accessed February 11, 2011. Mr. Kellogg was senior partner in the Wall Street specialty firm of

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, a position later held by his son

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. The firm was acquired by

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in November, 2000 in a deal valued at US$6.5 billion. Kellogg was a longtime resident of

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and

Bay Head, New Jersey Bay Head is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 968,M.W. Kellogg. Mr. Kellogg was a Democratic nominee for Union County Freeholder in 1954, a trustee of Children's Specialized Hospital and President of the Elizabeth Town & Country Club. He was also a trustee of the

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in New York and a member of the finance committee of his alma mater,

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