Background
Rowe, John Jay was born on November 5, 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Stanhope and Margaret (Richardson) Rowe.
Rowe, John Jay was born on November 5, 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of William Stanhope and Margaret (Richardson) Rowe.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1907, student law, 1906-1907. Doctor of Laws, Miami University, Oxford, O., 1954. Doctor of Commercial Science, University of Cincinnati, 1956.
Doctor of Science, Hobart & William Smith College, 1956.
With First National Bank, Cincinnati, 1907-1934, president, 1929-1934. President Fifth Third Union Trust corporation since January 1934. Vice president Cincinnati Industries, Inc.
Director United States Printing & Lithograph Company, Fox Paper Company, Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, Emery Industries, Inc., Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, Cincinnati Equitable Insurance Company, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, Pullman Company, Sorg Paper Company, Midland Enterprises, Incorporated, Eagle Picher Company. Trustee Cincinnati Institute Fine Arts. President Associated Harvard Clubs, 1939-1940.
Chairman Cincinnati and Hamilton Company Chapter American Red Cross, 1937-1943.
Clubs: University, Queen City, Commercial, Commonwealth, Camargo, Links, Skytop.
Married Grace Sherlock Probasco, November 24, 1909. Children: Mistress Grace Rowe Mackall, Mistress Margaret Rowe Chatfield, William Stanhope II, John Jay.