Background
Bennet, Walter Mills was born on November 3, 1861 in New York City. Son of Orville G. and Anna Jane (Mills) Bennet.
Bennet, Walter Mills was born on November 3, 1861 in New York City. Son of Orville G. and Anna Jane (Mills) Bennet.
Graduate business course, College City of New York, 1879.
February 20, 1894. Began in employ of Kountze Brothers, bankers, 1879. With Bank of America, 1884-1888, Chrystie & Janney, 1888-1892. Again with Bank of America, 1892, vice president, 1900, resigning as 1st vice president, 1926, resigning as director, 1929.
Vice president Consolidated Copper Mines, 1929-1931.
Trustee Dry Dock Savings Trust. Trustee Young Men's Christian Association, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Married Sara K. Longacre.