Hugh Clifton Gruwell

Background

Gruwell, Hugh Clifton was born on October 28, 1891 in West Branch, Iowa, United States. Son of Elmer Thomas and Anna Belle (Jackson) Gruwell.

Education

Graduate Cornell College Academy, 1909. Student Cornell College, 1909-1911. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1916.

Career

February, 1954); married second., Mistress J. G. Kennedy, January 1955. Stepchildren—Mistress George Stollwerck, Jesse Kennedy, John Kennedy, James Kennedy. Assistant cashier Farmers State Bank, Wilsall, Montana, 1912-1920.

Manager credit department United States National Bank, Portland, Oregon, 1920-1927.

Vice president Peoples National Bank of Washington, Seattle, 1927-1936, Bank of America, Los Angeles, 1936-1945. Executive vice president First National Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, 1945-1947, president 1947-1955, chairman of the board, since 1955.

President of the National Insurance Agency, Phoenix since 1947. Arizona chairman United States Defense Bonds.

Chairman Army advising committee Arizona.

Member world committee, National Board and National Council of Young Men's Christian Association, president Phoenix Young Men's Christian Association Director Good Samaritan Hospital, American Institute Foreign Trade.

Achievements

• Hugh Clifton Gruwell has been listed as a noteworthy banker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Am, (member public relations council) and Arizona bankers associations, Newcomen Society England, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Country, Arizona, Saddle and Sirloin, Kiva. Press, Executives (Phoenix).

Connections

Married Gertrude LaVon Kint, February 6, 1917 (deceased. Married second., Mistress.

Father:

Elmer Thomas Gruwell

Mother:

Anna Belle (Jackson) Gruwell

Spouse:

2d.

Spouse:

Gertrude LaVon Kint