John Jay Mc Cloy

Background

Cloy, John Jay Mc was born on March 31, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Jay and Anna May (Snader) McCloy.

Education

AB cum laude, Amherst College, 1916. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1921. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Amherst College.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Colby College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Maryland.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Yale University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Princeton University.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Notre Dame. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Swarthmore College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wilmington College.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Washington University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Columbia University.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Dartmouth College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Doshisha University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Tokyo University.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, New York University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Trinity College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Brown University.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Williams College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Middlebury College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Boston University.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Haverford College. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Lehigh University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Franklin and Marshall College.

Doctor of Civil Law (honorary), Washington College. Doctor Ing. (honorary), Technology University Berlin, Charlottenberg.

Career

With Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 1921-1925. With Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood, 1925-1940. Member firm, 1929-1940.

Became expert consultant to Secretary of War, October 1940. Assistant Secretary of War, April 1941-November 1945. Member Milbank, Tweed, Hope, Hadley & McCloy, 1946-1947.

President World Bank, 1947-1949. United States Military Governor and High Commissioner for Germany, 1949-1952. Chairman board Chase National Bank, New York City, 1953, Chase Manhattan Bank.

(merger Chase National Bank and Bank of Manhattan Company), 1955-1960. Co-ordinator United States disarmanent activities United States Government, 1961-1963. Member Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy, 1962-1989.

Board directors emeritus Dreyfus Corporation, Mercedes Benz North America. Chairman emeritus Squibb Corporation.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1921.

Membership

Chairman President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, 1961-1974. Chairman American Council on Germany. Honorary trustee Lenox Hill Hospital.

Trustee John M. Olin Foundation. Honorary chairman board, trustee emeritus Amherst College. Honorary chairman board Council Foreign Relations, Inc., International House-New York.

Honorary chairman Atlantic Institute, Paris. Chairman Ford Foundation, 1953-1965. Member executive committee Salk Institute Served as captain, field artillery Advertising Educational Foundation, World War I. Member American Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (chairman public oversight board), Bond Club of New York, Order of Coif.

Clubs: Century, Clove Valley Rod and Gun, Links, Recess, University, Anglers (New York City). Metropolitan (Washington).

Connections

Married Ellen Zinsser, April 25, 1930. Children: John Jay, Ellen.

Father:

John Jay McCloy

Mother:

Anna May (Snader) McCloy

Spouse:

Ellen Zinsser

child:

John Jay Cloy

child:

Ellen Cloy