WILLIAM McCHESNEY MARTIN

William McChesney Martin and President Lyndon B. Johnson. (Cecil Stoughton/ LBJ Presidential Library)
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FULL NAME:
William McChesney Martin Jr. 

BORN:
December 17, 1906, 
St. Louis, Missouri

DIED:
July 27, 1998 (age 91)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Yale University (BA)
Columbia University

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1938-1941:
President of the New York Stock Exchange
1951-1970:
Chairman of the Federal Reserve

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3/13/1963: President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, William McChesney Martin, Jr., at the 19th annual Washington Conference of the Advertising Council.  (Abbie Rowe/ JFK Library)

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03/09/1966: Chairman of the Federal Reserve William McChesney Martin swears in Dr. Andrew Brimmer as a Member of the Federal Reserve Board. L-R: William McChesney Martin, Mrs. Brimmer, Esther Brimmer, Dr. Andrew Brimmer, President Lyndon B. Johnson. (LBJ Library photo by Robert Knudsen)

OBITUARIES (7/28/1998):
New York Times
Washington Post

PROFILES:
New York Times (1/13/2017)