Charles Steele Cheston

Background

Cheston, Charles Steele was born on January 3, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Radcliffe and Eugenia (Morris) Cheston.

Education

Student, St. George's School, Newport, Rhode Island student, University Pennsylvania.

Career

Partner, Smith, Barney & Company (and predecessor firms), 1919-1944. Board directors, chairman finance committee Philco Corporation, Monsanto Chemical Company, board directors, member Executive Committee Insurance Company North America. Board directors J.P. Morgan & Company, Mead Corporation, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, Western Saving Fund Society, Phila.Nat.

Bank, Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company, Muskogee Co. Board directors, mem.fin. committee American Airlines, Inc. Board directors Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Chemstrand Corporation, Monsanto Canada Ltd.

Achievements

• Charles Steele Cheston has been listed as a noteworthy Business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member business advisory county Department Commerce, from 1947. Captain 56th Field Artillery, Army of the United States, World War I. Brigadier general Army Specialist Corps.

1942; assistant director Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1945. Member Philadelphia Club, Links Club (New York City). Metropolitan Club (Washington).

Connections

Married Harriet M. Frazier, June 5, 1919. Children: George Frazier, Eugenia Cheston Sullivan, Harriet Cheston Klosson, Cornelia Cheston Worsley, Charles Steele.

Father:

Radcliffe Cheston

Mother:

Eugenia (Morris) Cheston

Spouse:

Harriet M. Frazier

child:

George Frazier Cheston

child:

Cornelia Cheston Worsley Cheston

child:

Eugenia Cheston Sullivan Cheston

child:

Charles Steele Cheston

child:

Harriet Cheston Klosson Cheston