OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Eugene Isaac Meyer

BORN:
October 31, 1875
Los Angeles, California

DIED:
July 17, 1959 (age  83)
Mount Kisco, New York

EDUCATION:
Attended University of California, Berkley (1892)
Yale University (BA, 1895)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1896-1900:
Traveled in Europe,
Worked with Lazard Freres
1901:
Purchased Seat on New York Stock Exchange 
1904-1917:
Operated Eugene Meyer, Jr., and Co. investment firm
1917:
Non-ferrous metals adviser, War Industries Board, Council of National Defense
1918-1919:
Director, Managing Director, War Finance Corp.
1921-1927:
Director, Managing Director, War Finance Corp.
1927-1929:
Farm Loan Commissioner, Federal Farm Loan Board
1930-1933:
Member and Governor, Federal Reserve Board
1932:
Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corp.
1933-1946:
Publisher, Washington Post
1941:
Member, National Defense Mediation Board
1944:
Established Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
1946:
First President, World Bank
1947-1959:
Chairman of the Board, Washington Post
1954:
Purchased, Washington Times-Herald 

RESOURCES:
Federal Reserve
Library of Congress
World Bank
Wikipedia

OBITUARY:
New York Times 

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