Franklin Bush Schmick

Background

Schmick, Franklin Bush was born on December 17, 1904 in Saint Louis. Son of William Louis and Daisy (Leonard) Schmick.

Education

Student Washington University, 1921-1922, Lake Forest College, 1922-1923.

Career

President First Consolidated Securities Company, 1936-1938, Fisher Schmick & Watts, 1937-1938. Vice president Straus Securities Company, 1939-1945. Partner Straus & Blosser, Chicago, 1945-1951.

Vice-president, director H. M. Byllesby & Company to 1957, president, 1957, also director

Director Continental Connector Corporation, DeJur-Amsco Corporation, Advance-Ross electronics corporation, Byllesby Energy and Shale Corporation, Mueller Company Helene Curtiss Industries, Incorporated., Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad, Susquehanna Corporation Chairman Illinois Building Authority. Director Lincoln Park Zoological Society Trustee University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation.

Achievements

• Franklin Bush Schmick has been listed as a noteworthy investment banker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clubs: Attic, Chicago Athletic Association, Midday, Wall Street, Tavern, Bob O’Links Golf.

Connections

Married Lenore Mueller.

Father:

William Louis Schmick

Mother:

Daisy (Leonard) Schmick

Spouse:

Lenore Mueller