Dexter Phelps Rumsey

Background

Rumsey, Dexter Phelps was born on August 31, 1893 in Buffalo. Son of Dexter Phelps and Susan Reid (Fiske) Rumsey.

Education

Student Nichols School, Buffalo, and Saint Marks’, Southborough, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1916. Student Buffalo Law School, 1915-1916.

Career

Partner O’Brian, Potter & Company, investment bankers, Buffalo, 1918-1922. President Dexter P. Rumsey & Company, 1930-1941. Member Rumsey, Read & Kimberly, Buffalo, 1941-1954.

President Erie Company Savings Bank, 1943-1960, Chairman of the Board, 1960, chairman of the executive committee, since 1961.

Director Marine Trust Company, 1926-1942, Marine Midland group of banks.

Achievements

• Dexter Phelps Rumsey has been listed as a noteworthy banker. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Clubs: Saturn, Buffalo Tennis and Squash, Harvard (New York City).

Connections

Married Margaret Adam Ramsdell, May 30, 1916. Children: Dexter Phelps, Rollin Douglas, Donald Scott, Margaret Diane.

Father:

Dexter Phelps Rumsey

Mother:

Susan Reid (Fiske) Rumsey

Spouse:

Margaret Adam Ramsdell

child:

Donald Scott Rumsey

child:

Rollin Douglas Rumsey

child:

Dexter Phelps Rumsey

child:

Margaret Diane Rumsey