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
PORTRAIT:
RESOURCES:
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)
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)