Background
Merrill, Edwin Godfrey was born on November 21, 1873 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Isaac Hobbs and Ada Frances (Godfrey) Merrill.
Merrill, Edwin Godfrey was born on November 21, 1873 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of Isaac Hobbs and Ada Frances (Godfrey) Merrill.
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Harvard, 1895. Doctor of Laws, University of Maine, 1928.
With Merrill & Company, bankers, Bangor, 1896-1898, Kountze Brothers, New York, February-September 1898, Estabrook & County, New York, 1898-1901. Managing partner Merrill & Company, Bangor, 1901-1903. Organizer and president Merrill Trust Company, 1903-1909.
President Veazie National Bank, 1905, till absorption by Merrill Trust Company, 1908.
Vice president Central Trust Company of New York, 1909-1910. President Union Trust Company of New York, 1910-1918, till consolidation with Central Trust Сompany.
Vice president and vice Chairman of the Board of trustees of Central Union Trust Company, 1918-1919. President and trustee New York Life Insurance & Trust Company, 1920-1922, till consolidation with The Bank of New New York
President and trustee Bank of New York & Trust Company (now Bank of New York), 1922-1931.
Chairman of the Board, 1931-1948. Honorary chairman Bank of New York and Fifth Avenue Bank (merged) since 1948. Trustee Greenwich Savings Bank.
Also treasurer and trustee Federal Hall Memorial Associates, Incorporated.
Director Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company, North. American Reassurance Company (Chairman of the Board), Parish Safe Deposit County, New York Clearing House Building Company, The European General Reinsurance Limited company, London, North American Fire & Marine Reins. Corporation (Chairman of the Board), North American Casualty & Surety Reins.
Corporation (Chairman of the Board), Sun Indemnity Company of New York, Patriotic Insurance Company of America, Sun Underwriters Insurance Company of New York, American Home Fire Assurance Company. United States director Atlas Assurance Limited company, of London, (Chairman of the Board) Western Union Telegraph Company.
Member United States Board of Caledonian Insurance Company of Edinburgh.
Member board of managers Saint Luke’s Hospital. Member Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Harvard, Down Town, Union, Century.
Married Adelaide Isabel Katte, January 21, 1902. Children: Edwin Katte, Dudley, Adele Katte (Mistress Charlton MacVeagh), Priscilla Godfrey (Mistress F. R. Murad), Elizabeth (Mistress East. B. Katte).