George Earle Warren

George Earle Warren (died January 28, 1971) was an American investment banker who served as Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank. He was also clerk of the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.[1]

Biography

Warren graduated from Columbia College in 1903 and joined the Continental Trust Company, which became the New York Trust Company. In 1909, he moved to the Columbia Trust Company as trust officer,[2][3] becoming Vice President in 1915.[4] He continued to hold that office when Columbia Trust was merged in 1923 with the Irving Trust Bank.[5] He joined Chase National Bank in 1925 and retired in 1947.[1]

At Chase Manhattan, he was Vice President and concurrently served as director of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company.[6][7]

In 1935, he was elected life trustee of Columbia University, and associate clerk of the board of trustees in 1939.

After retiring from banking, he took on an unsalaried position at Columbia, becoming clerk in 1958.[1]

He was also a trustee of the Tuskegee Institute, the New York Infirmary, the Andrew Freedman Home, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association of New York.[1]

Awards

Warren received the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity in 1936 from the Italian government, in recognition of his restoration of the University of Bologna.[1]

In 1937, he received an honorary degree of Master of Arts from Middlebury College.[1][8]

Personal life

Warren died on January 28, 1971, in Clearwater, Florida, after suffering a sudden illness.[1]

References
  1. "GEORGE WARREN, BANKING OFFICIAL". The New York Times. 1971-01-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  2. "Full text of Commercial and Financial Chronicle : April 24, 1909, Vol. 88, No. 2287 | FRASER | St. Louis Fed". fraser.stlouisfed.org. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  3. Columbia Alumni News. Alumni Council of Columbia University. 1912.
  4. Trust Companies. Trust Companies Pub. Association. 1918.
  5. Trust Companies. Trust Companies Pub. Association. 1925.
  6. Commission, United States Federal Trade (1951). Report on Interlocking Directorates. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  7. "PLAN IS SUBMITTED FOR THE HOME TITLE; Insurance Company Proposal Given to Court by Warren of the Chase Bank". The New York Times. 1936-04-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  8. "Middlebury College Catalogue, 1937" (PDF). JSTOR. June 1937. JSTOR community.28478488. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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