Background
Meem, Harry Grant was born on August 14, 1870 in Georgetown, District of Columbia. Son of Peter Gilbert and Mary Eleanor Eastbourne (Ritter) Meem.
Meem, Harry Grant was born on August 14, 1870 in Georgetown, District of Columbia. Son of Peter Gilbert and Mary Eleanor Eastbourne (Ritter) Meem.
Graduate Central High School, Washington, 1890.
With Washington Loan & Trust Company, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1891, assistant treasurer, 1904-1907, treasurer, 1907-1917, vice president, 1917-1931, president since 1931. Directed Liberty Loan drive for bank, devised instalment purchase method and effected sale of one-eighth of City’s total, during World War. Director and 1st vice president Equitable Cooperative Building Association.
Trustee endowment fund American National Red Cross, Army and Navy Memorial Aid.
President and trustee John Dickson Home.
Member Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Society of Natives, Columbia History Society, Society of Oldest Inhabitants, Chevy Chase.
Married Louise Hill, June 26, 1918. Children: Ann Meem McLean, Eleanor Meem Jamison (Mistress Cecil A. Jamison).