Word: forgan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...banquet. Seymour Parker Gilbert, "Dawes plan' administrator, sat down. He was guest of honor. Vice President Dawes, president of the Central Trust Co., sat down. He was host. Samuel Insull, James A. Patten, Alexander Hamilton Revell, Julius Rosenwald, Melvin Alvah Traylor, Silas Hardy Strawn, David Robertson Forgan, Walter Ansel Strong and many another potent, eminent, Chicagoan sat down. And Mayor William Hale Thompson sat down too. He was the guest who caused the most comment-social comment outside of Chicago, because few non-Chicagoans realize that Chicago's "better element" have not only tolerance but affection for Mayor...
...Chicago are many famed bankers. Some of them are: John J. Mitchell, Illinois Merchants Trust Co.; George M. Reynolds, Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank; Frederick Rawson, Union Trust Co.; J. W. O'Leary, Union Trust Co.; Oscar Foreman, Foreman Bros. Bank; David R. Forgan, National City Bank of Chicago; Lucius Teter, Chicago Trust Co.; Saul Smith, Northern Trust Co.; Charles G. Dawes, Central Trust Co.; F. T. Haskell and Ernest Hamill, Illinois Merchants Bank...
...years, Mr. Forgan had been Chairman of the Clearing House Committee; for five years he had been a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; for six years he had been President of the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board, at Washington...
...Forgan was widely and affectionately known as "J.B." and "The Old War Horse." His humor was kindly, his sense of justice, honesty and discipline that of a stern Scot. Testimonials from his friends reflected the gratitude Chicago owed him for his services during 30 years of prosperity and panic...
Died. James Berwick Forgan, 72, "dean of Chicago bankers," of heart disease; at Chicago...