Background
Birdsall, Carl A. was born on June 28, 1892 in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. Son of George A. and Jennie (Steinbarger) Birdsall.
Birdsall, Carl A. was born on June 28, 1892 in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. Son of George A. and Jennie (Steinbarger) Birdsall.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1916.
Reporter for Chicago Evening American, 1913-1916. Began with Continental and Commercial National Bank (Chicago), 1919, assistant cashier, 1923, Second vice president, 1927. Vice president Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company, 1930, director, since 1947, president, since 1948.
Director Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Trustee Equitable Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa.
Served as captain, Air Service, United States Army, 1917-1919. Trustee Saint Luke’s Hospital, Chicago Zoological Society. Member Phi Kappa Psi.
Clubs: Glen View, Chicago, Commercial (Chicago.
Married Frances Deneen, 1919 (died December 14, 1958).