OVERVIEW:
BORN:
May 11, 1891;
New York, New York
DIED:
February 6, 1967 (age 75);
Poughkeepsie, New York
EDUCATION:
Attended Cornell University (1909-1910, 1912-1913),
Left Cornell before graduating
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1922-1933:
Publisher of American Agriculturist
1928-1929:
Chairman, New York State Agriculture Commission
1930-1932:
New York State Commissioner of Conservation
1933-1934:
Chairman, U.S. Federal Farm Board
1933:
First Governor of the Farm Credit Administration
1934-1945:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury,
Implemented the Lend-Lease Program and the War Refugee Board
1944:
Helped set up the first refugee center for victims of the Nazis in Oswego, New York
1947-1950:
Chairman, United Jewish Appeal
1951-1954:
Financial Advisor to Israel
PORTRAIT:
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
FDR Library
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve
U.S. Holocaust Museum
U.S. Holocaust Museum
Museum of American Finance
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Overview (FDR Library)
Diaries (FDR Library)
Press Conferences (FDR Library)
Records of the War Refugee Board (FDR Library)
OBITUARIES:
New York Times