| 词条 | George L. Harrison |
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|name = George L. Harrison |image = George L Harrison.png |imagesize = 150px |caption = |order = 2nd |office = President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York |term_start = November 24, 1928 |term_end = December 31, 1940 |predecessor = Benjamin Strong Jr. |successor = Allan Sproul |birth_date = {{birth date|1887|1|26}} |birth_place = San Francisco, California |death_date = {{death date and age|1958|3|5|1887|1|26}} |death_place = New York, New York |nationality = United States |party = |spouse = |alma_mater = Yale University (1910) Harvard Law School |occupation = |religion = |signature = George L Harrison signature.jpg |footnotes = }}George Leslie Harrison (January 26, 1887 – March 5, 1958) was an American banker, insurance executive and advisor to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson during World War II.[1] BiographyHe was born in San Francisco, California on January 26, 1887. In 1909, at Yale, he was elected to the Skull and Bones secret society.[1] He was graduated from Yale University in 1910[2] and Harvard Law School in 1913.[2] After earning his law degree, Harrison became law clerk for one year to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. After serving as general counsel to the Federal Reserve Board, Harrison served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for 13 years starting in 1928.[3] He left in 1941 to become president of New York Life Insurance Company. During World War II, he was War Secretary Henry L. Stimson's special assistant for matters relating to the development of the atomic bomb. He served with Stimson on the eight-member Interim Committee which examined problems expected to result from the bomb's creation and which recommended direct military use of the bomb against Japan without specific warning. Harrison chaired the committee when Stimson was absent. He married the widow of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who was the former Alice Gertrude Gordon.[2] Harrison returned to his position at New York Life after the war, becoming chairman of the company's board in 1948. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City in 1958[2] and is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC. References1. ^{{cite news |work=New York Times |date=28 May 1909 |title=Taft's son elected to Skull and Bones |author=}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |author= |title= George L. Harrison Dead at 71; Headed Federal Reserve Here|url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/03/06/83399186.pdf |newspaper= The New York Times|location= New York City|date= 6 March 1958|access-date= 2 September 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=G.L. Harrison Heads Reserve Bank Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/11/24/archives/gl-harrison-heads-reserve-bank-here-deputy-governor-is-appointed-to.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=November 24, 1928 |accessdate=2012-10-28 }} External links
before = Benjamin Strong Jr.| after = Allan Sproul| title=President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York| years=1928–1940 }}{{s-end}}{{New York Life Insurance Company}}{{NYFedBank}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, George L.}} 10 : 1887 births|1958 deaths|Businesspeople from San Francisco|Yale University alumni|Harvard Law School alumni|Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States|Federal Reserve Bank of New York presidents|Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery|New York Life Insurance Company|Skull and Bones Society |
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