Background
Reynolds, George Mcclelland was born on January 15, 1865 in Panora, Iowa, United States. Son of Elijah Jackson and Eliza (Anderson) Reynolds.
Reynolds, George Mcclelland was born on January 15, 1865 in Panora, Iowa, United States. Son of Elijah Jackson and Eliza (Anderson) Reynolds.
Graduate Guthrie County High School, 1879.
1 son, Earle Hay. Clerk Guthrie County National Bank, 1879-1886. In farm loan and real estate mortgage business, Nevada, 1886-1888. Cashier and manager Guthrie County National Bank, 1888-1893.
Cashier, 1893-1895, president and director, 1895-1897, Des Moines (Iowa) National Bank.
Cashier, 1897-1902, vice president, 1902-1906, president and director, January 1, 1906-August, 1910, Continental National Bank, Chicago, consolidated with Commercial National Bank, August, 1910, as Continental & Commercial National Bank, of which was president and January 1921 was made chairman of board. Also Chairman of the Board Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank.
The Continental & Commercial National Bank consolidated, December, 1927, with the Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank as the Continental National Bank and Trust Company which was merged, March 18, 1929, with Illinois Merchants Trust Company as Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of which became chairman of the executive committee, later Chairman of the Board. Class A director Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Director Peoples Trust & Savings Bank (Chicago), Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, New York Life Insurance Company, Continental Insurance Company (New York), The Pullman Company.
Chairman Chicago Clearing House Committee, since 1922. President American Bankers Association, 1908. Accompanied American Monetary Commission to Europe as adviser, 1908.
President Citizens War Board of Chicago, 1917-1919.
Became chairman National Credit Corporation, October 1931. Appointed head of Chicago loan agency Reconstruction Finance Corporation, February 1932.
Married Elizabeth Hay, October 15, 1884.