Word: gianninis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...succeed the late A. P. Giannini on the 25-member board of directors of his Bank of America, the directors last week picked slim, dark-eyed, olive-skinned Mrs. Claire Giannini Hoffman, 44, A.P.'s only daughter, longtime confidante and an executor of his $480,000 estate...
Like her brother, L. M. Giannini,* the bank's president, Claire Giannini grew up in the shadow of fiery old A.P., who thought of little else except his business. As a child she traveled extensively with him, soaked up politics and economics. She attended Oakland's Mills College for two years, then became A.P.'s private secretary...
...Neither Claire nor L.M., a coexecutor, share in their father's estate. The bulk, $430,000, will go to the Bank of America-Giannini Foundation, an educational fund for employees of the bank and other Giannini business connections. Various other charities will get $41,000, nine individuals $1,000 apiece...
...Giannini's death will bring few changes in Bank of America policy. His empire is in the hands of such trusty viziers as his son, Lawrence Mario ("L.M.") Giannini, who has been president since 1936, and Chairman Al J. Gock, a crack operating...
Died. A. (for Amadeo) P. (for Peter) Giannini, 79, Italian immigrant's son who rose from fruit and vegetable peddler to become founder and chairman of the world's largest private bank, the Bank of America; after a heart attack; in San Mateo, Calif. (see BUSINESS...