Background
Perkins, James Handasyd was born on January 11, 1876 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Cranch and Jane Sedgwick (Watson) Perkins.
Perkins, James Handasyd was born on January 11, 1876 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Cranch and Jane Sedgwick (Watson) Perkins.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1898.
With Walter Baker & Company, Ltd., 1898-1905. Vice president American Trust Company, Boston, 1905-1908. Vice president National Commercial Bank, Albany, New York, 1908-1912, president 1912-1914.
Vice president National City Bank, New York, 1914-1919, executive manager, 1916-1919. Member banking firm Montgomery & Company, 1919. President Farmers Loan & Trust Company, 1921-1929.
Chairman City Bank Farmers Trust Company. Chairman of the Board National City Bank of New York, since 1933. Chairman of the Board International Banking Corporation.
Director Anaconda Copper Mining Company, American & Foreign Insurance Company, Eagle Indemnity Company, Federal Union Insurance Company, Globe Indemnity Company, Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Limited company, Newark Fire Insurance Company, Queen Insurance Company of America, Royal Indemnity Company, Star Insurance Company of America, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, New York Edison Company, Sperry Realty Company, Union Pacific System, 150 William St. Corporation, and many other insurance companies. President New York Clearing House, since 1937. Trustee Miriam Osborn Memorial Home Association.
Member 1st committee to France, American Red Cross. Member American Bankers’ Association (executive council, finance committee, 1915-1918), New York State Bankers’ Association (president 1913-1914).
Married Katrine Parkman Coolidge, November 22, 1906. Children: Eleanor H. (Mistress Franklin E. Parker, Junior.