Background
Hart, Francis Russell was born on January 16, 1868 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Mandell and Sarah Davis (Watson) Hart.
Hart, Francis Russell was born on January 16, 1868 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Mandell and Sarah Davis (Watson) Hart.
Graduate Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1889. Honorary Master of Arts, Tufts College (Massachusetts), 1935.
Engaged as engineer in West Indies, 1889-1891. General manager, 1891-1892, vice-president and general manager, 1892-1893, president, 1893-1906, Cartagena-Magdalena Railway, Colombia, South America Vice president, 1896-1910, v.chmn. directors, 1910-1934, Old Colony Trust Company, Boston.
President United Fruit Company, since 1933. Director United Mail South.S. Company, Elders & Fyffes, Limited., First National Bank of Boston, Old Colony Trust Company, et cetera
Trustee Old Colony Trust Associates, Old Colony Investment Trust.
Member Corporation of Massachusetts Institute Technology Vice-consul and consul, Colombia, 1908-1919. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Helen Bronson Hobbey, June 4, 1896. Children: Mistress Helen Nichols, Mistress Gwendolyn Fargo, Francis R., Junior.