Hoyt Ammidon

Background

Ammidon, Hoyt was born on June 30, 1909 in Baltimore. Son of Daniel Clark and Estelle H. (Hoyt) Ammidon.

Education

Student, Loomis School, Windsor, Connecticut, 1923-1925, 1926-1928; student, Le Rosey School, Rolle, Switzerland, 1925-1926; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1932; Doctor of Laws, Hofstra U., 1968.

Career

With, Central Hanover Bank (now Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), 1932-1988; assistant secretary, Central Hanover Bank (now Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), 1937-1943; vice president, Central Hanover Bank (now Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), 1950-1952; trustee, Central Hanover Bank (now Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), 1957. Chief Executive officer Vincent Astor, 1952-1958. President United States Trust Company.

New York City, 1958-1962, chairman, 1962-1974. Chairman of the Board United States International Advisory Company, 1966-1974. Director, Executive Committee, chairman audit committee Perkin-Elmer Corporation, 1967-1979.

Director Alliance: Balanced Shares, Divident Shares, Insured California Tax.-Ex. Shelter Inc., Tax-Free Shares, Inc., Alliance Bond Fund, Mortgage Securities Income Fund and Tax-Free Income Fund, Tax-Free, Pacific General Development Company. Former Chairman of the Board WestAm.

Properties, S.A.; member of New York Banking Board, 1963-1967. Commissioner Port New York Authority, 1969-1972, vice chairman,1970-1972, chairman operations committee, 1970-1972.

Achievements

• Hoyt Ammidon has been listed as a noteworthy banker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Honorary chairman, founding member American Friends Canada Committee, Inc. Member national businessmen's committee A Better Chance, 1969-1973. Member development board Yale University.

Member advisory board Young Men’s Christian Association, Huntington Township, New York. Former board directors Memorial Hospital. Member committee New York Clearing House Association.

Board directors emeritus Lincoln Center Performing Arts. Board directors Federal Hall Memorial Associates, New York City, 1959-1974, New York City National Shrines Associates, 1969-1974, New York division American Cancer Society, 1969-1973. Board governors Hundred Year Association of New York, 1963-1971.

Trustee, president emeritus board Loomis School. Trustee emeritus Cooper Union Advancement of Science and Art. Trustee, founding member Business Committee for the Arts, Inc.

Life fellow Metropolitan Museum Art. Fellow Pierpont Morgan Library, 1962-1974. President board directors advisory council American Ditchley Foundation.

Advisory committee Marine History Association. Member council Federation Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc. Board governors New York College Osteopathic Medicine.

Served as lieutenant United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Society Colonial Wars, Society Mayflower Descendants, American Institute Banking (advisory council New York chapter 1959-1974), Graduate Club Association New Haven, Association International Anciens Roseens, Pilgrims, United States Srs. Golf Association (former director), Chi Psi.

Clubs: Economic (New York City). Cove Neck Tennis Courts, Cruising of America, Elihu (Yale) (graduate president 1958-1960), River, Links, Piping Rock, St. Nicholas Hockey, Mory's Assn. Royal and Ancient Golf of St. Andrews (Scotland).

Connections

Married Elizabeth MacI. K. Callaway, May 19, 1933. Children: Hoyt, Lee.

Father:

Daniel Clark Ammidon

Mother:

Estelle H. (Hoyt) Ammidon

Spouse:

Elizabeth MacI. K. Callaway

child:

Hoyt Ammidon

child:

Lee Ammidon