Background
PROCHNOW, Herbert was born in Wilton, Wisconsin, United States.
PROCHNOW, Herbert was born in Wilton, Wisconsin, United States.
University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University.
Assistant, cashier to Director 1960-1968, President 1962-1968, Honorary Director 1968-1973. Secretary Federation Advisory Council of Federation Reserve System since 1945. Consultant to Secretary of State 1955, 1957.
Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Economics Affairs 1955-1956.
Alternate Governor for United States of World Bank and International Monetary Fund 1955-1956. Director Annual Summer Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin 1945-1982.
Chairman United States Delegate General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva 1956. Former Assistant Professor Business Administration, Indiana University, lectured Loyola and Northwestern Universities.
Financial columnist, Chicago Tribune 1968-1970.
President Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry 1964, 1965. Commander of the.
The Public Speaker’s Treasure Chest (with Herbert V. Prochnow, Jr.) 1942, 1964, 1977, 1986, Great Stories from Great Lives 1944, Meditations on the Ten Commandments 1946, The Toastmaster’s Handbook 1949, Term Loans and Theories of Bank Liquidity 1949, The Successful Speaker’s Handbook 1951, 1001 Ways to Improve your Conversation and Speeches 1952, Meditations on the Beatitudes 1952, The Speaker’s Treasury of Stories for all Occasions 1953, Speaker’s Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms 1955, Speaker's Treasury for Sunday School Teachers 1955, The Toastmasters and Speaker’s Handbook 1955, A Treasury of Stories, Illustrations, Epigrams and Quotations for Ministers and Teachers 1957, Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer 1957 (as Inspirational Thoughts on the Lord’s Prayer 1970), The New Guide for Toastmasters and Speakers 1956, A Family Treasury of Inspiration and Faith 1958, The New Speaker’s Treasury of Wit and Wisdom 1958, The Complete Toastmaster 1960, Effective Public Speaking 1960, Speaker's Book of Illustrations 1960, A Dictionary of Wit, Wisdom and Satire (with Herbert V. Prochnow, Jr.) 1962, 1000 Tips and Quips for Speakers and Toastmasters 1962, Practical Bank Credit (co-author) 1963, 1400 Ideas for Speakers and Toastmasters 1964, The Successful Toastmaster (with Herbert V. Prochnow, Jr.) 1966, A Treasury of Humorous Quotations (with Herbert V. Prochnow', Jr.), Quotation Finders (with Everett M. Dirksen) 1971, A Speaker’s Treasury for Educators, Convocation Speakers, etc., A Tree of Life, Speakers’ Source Book, 1001 Quips, Stories and Illustrations for All Occasions 1973, The Speaker’s and Toastmaster’s Handbook 1973, The Changing World of Banking (with Herbert V. Prochnow, Jr.) 1974, Speakers and Toastmaster's Handbook 1990. Co-author: The Next Century is America’s 1938. Editor American Financial Institutions 1951, Determining the Business Outlook 1954, The Federal Reserve System 1960, World Economic Problems and Policies 1965, The Five-Year Outlook for Interest Rates 1968, The One-Bank Holding Company 1969, The Eurodollar 1970, The Five-Year Outlook for Interest Rates in the United States and Abroad 1972, Dilemmas Facing the Nation 1979, The Toastmaster’s Treasure Chest (with Herbert V. Prochnow Jr.) 1979, 1988, Bank Credit 1981.
A Treasure Chest of Quotations for All Occasions 1983, Toastmaster’s Quips and Stories 1983.
Married Laura Virginia Stinson in 1928 (deceased).