Background
Simms, Arthur Benjamin was born on September 20, 1921 in Atlanta. Son of Arthur B. and Eva (Hurt) Simms.
Financier management consultant
Simms, Arthur Benjamin was born on September 20, 1921 in Atlanta. Son of Arthur B. and Eva (Hurt) Simms.
Graduate, Darlington School, 1938. Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1940. Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1942.
Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1947.
Business consultant, Elec. Bond & Share Company. New York City, 1947-1950;
president, A. B. Simms & Associates (management consultant), Atlanta, since 1950;
professor business administration, Georgia State University, 1951-1952;
president, Chairman of the Board, Peachtree House, Inc., 1957-1965;
president, Chairman of the Board, S. & L. Corporation, 1959-1962;
president, Chairman of the Board, 1st Atlanta Investment Corporation, 1960-1965;
president, Chairman of the Board, Consolidated Equities Corporation, Atlanta, 1965-1991.
Chairman Realty Capital Corporation, 1967-1991, Growth Realty, Inc., 1961-1965, Bayshore Towers, Inc., Tampa, Florida, 1961-1965, Atlanta Towers, Inc., 1961-1965. Honorary board directors Atlanta and Edgewood St. Railway Company.
Trustee Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. Board directors Lay Involvement for Evangelism, Atlanta, since 1978. Served from ensign to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Marketing Association, Atlanta Apartment Association (director 1964-1965), National Association Small Business Investment Companies (governor 1963), Southern Regional Association Small Business Investment Companies (president 1963), American Management Association, Atlanta Chamber C., A.I.M. (member president's council), Newcomen Society North America (Georgia committee), Society Colonial Wars, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (past director). Clubs: Kiwanian. (Atlanta), Breakfast (Atlanta), Harvard Business School (Atlanta) (past director), Piedmont Driving (Atlanta), Capital City (Atlanta). Harvard (New York City).
Married Jane Laurice Griffin, November 7, 1953. Children: Arthur Benjamin IV, Jane Griffin, Anne Woodruff.