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George L. Harrison (S&B 1910)

American Banker. Insurance Executive. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Harvard Law School.

Director First National Bank NY; Trustee Columbia University; Vice Chairman, NY Red Cross.

National Council of the Committee for the Marshall Plan.

Member of the Pilgrims of United States.

1948 to 1954 - Chairman of the board of New York Life Assurance Co.

WW2 - Interim Committee Deputy Chair and Consultant to Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson (S&B 1888).[4][6]

During World War II, Harrison was War Secretary Henry L. Stimson’s (S&B 1888) 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.[1]

1941 to 1948 - President of New York Life Insurance Co.

24 Nov 1928 to 1936, Governor, 1937 to 1940, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (During Great Depression)

1920 to 1928 - Deputy Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

1919 to 1920 - General Counsel of the Federal Reserve Board

WW1 - Capt, American Red Cross (Foreign Service)

1914 to 1918 - Assistant General Counsel of the Federal Reserve Board. 1st Chairman Federal Reserve, Pierre Jay (S&B 1892. 1914 to 1926)

1913 to 1914 - Legal Secretary, Associate Justice of Supreme Court of the United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.(Hasty Pudding. Porecellian Club).[2]

Married Alice Gertrude Gordon, widow, of Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, search mind map. (Son’s, grandsons etc were tapped to S&B)

1910 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.

Died 5 Mar 1958, from cerebral hemorrhage. Age 71

[1] - FYI - Wiki - George L. Harrison S&B 1907

[2] - America’s Secret Establishment. An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones by Antony C. Sutton 2004

[2b] - Free older version. Please buy author publications.

[2c] - Backup

[3] - Find a Grave - George L. Harrison S&B 1907

[4] - GEORGE L. HARRISON HEADS RESERVE BANK HERE; Deputy Governor Is Appointed to Post Left Vacant by Death of Benjamin Strong. BANKERS PRAISE SELECTION Is Expected to Continue Policies of Predecessor, With Whom He Was in Close Sympathy. EXPERT IN FOREIGN FIELD Took a Leading Part in Arranging for Credits to European Institutions. Close to Strong Regime. Bankers Praise Selection.