Background
Zunts, James Edwin was born on September 29, 1860 in Canton, Mississippi, United States. Son of Marcus J. and Margaret Johns (Magruder) Zunts.
Zunts, James Edwin was born on September 29, 1860 in Canton, Mississippi, United States. Son of Marcus J. and Margaret Johns (Magruder) Zunts.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1881. Bachelor of Laws, Tulane, 1883. Unmarried.
Began practice at New Orleans, 1883. Removed to Birmingham, Alabama, 1887. Returned to New Orleans, 1896.
Vice president R. P. Hyams Coal Company, Gulf Barge & Towing Company, South Brilliant Coal Company, Creosote Supply Limited company. Director A.M.&J. Solari, Ltd., Mechanics & Traders Insurance Company, Creosoted Materials Limited company, Southern Creosoting Limited company Counsel far Board of Commissioners Port of New Orleans, 1912. Director New Orleans Branch Federal Reserve Bank, 1915-1917, and Chairman of the Board, 1916-1919 (resigned from both positions).
Director Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta since 1918. Was member Capital Issues Committee, 6th Federal Reserve District, and was member ex-officio of Liberty Loan Committee, same district.
Member American and Louisiana State bar associations, Louisiana History Society, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Boston, Round Table, Southern Yacht, Yale (New York).