Englewood Makes History

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  • William Outis Allison was a banker and philanthropist. He acted as vice president of the Palisades Trust and Guaranty Company of Englewood, president of the National Reserve Bank of New York, president of the publishing company that owned Oil, Pain and Drug Reporter, Druggist's…
  • Donald MacKay was one of Englewood’s most respected civic leaders in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known for his military service, public leadership, and lasting philanthropic contributions. A veteran of the Civil War, MacKay enlisted as a young man and saw…
  • George Simmons Coe was the president of the American Exchange Bank and a resident of Englewood Cliffs. He became the president of the National Bankers Association in 1881. He was also the treasurer of the Children's Aid Society. He acted as a director of the Mutual Life…
  • George Simmons Coe Jr. was a banker in Englewood. His brother was Louis Coe. He was the son of William P. Coe. His uncle was George Simmons Coe Sr. He married Grace Simpson Brown Coe who was involved in local women's clubs. He had at least one daughter, Caroline.
  • William A. Booth (1805–1895) was a prominent nineteenth-century businessman, financier, railroad organizer, and philanthropist whose long career helped shape the commercial and institutional life of New York and the expanding United States. He died in Englewood, New Jersey, in…
  • Dwight Morrow was a politician and diplomat. He graduated from Amherst College in 1895 and attended Columbia Law School. He attended Amherst College with Calvin Coolidge. He practiced at Simpson Thatcher & Barlett. In 1913 he became a partner at J.P. Morgan & Co. During World…
  • Seward Prosser was a Banker. He grew up in Englewood. He began working with the Equitable Life Assurance Society. he acted as the vice president of the Astor Trust Company from 1907 to 1912. He was the president of the Liberty National Bank from 1912 to 1914. He was the…
  • Thomas William Lamont was an American banker. He graduated from Harvard in 1892. After the firm he was working for suffered financial problems, he helped reorganize the firm which was renamed Lamont, Corlis & Co. in 1898. He became the secretary and treasurer of Bankers Trust…
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