Career
He was an advisor to federal, state, and local governments, an active civic and community leader, and was also a well-known impressionist painter. He joined the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia in 1919 and eventually rose to vice president in charge of research, statistics, and bank and public relations. In 1947, he joined the Central-Penn National Bank of Philadelphia as its president, and later served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer
In 1964, he was named first chairman of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), one of the largest urban mass transit agencies in the nation.