Background
Roebling, Mary Gindhart was born on July 29, 1905 in West Collingswood, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Issac Dare and Mary W. (Simon) Gindhart.
Roebling, Mary Gindhart was born on July 29, 1905 in West Collingswood, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Issac Dare and Mary W. (Simon) Gindhart.
Student in Bus Administration Economics and Finance, University Pennsylvania. Student in Economics and Finance, New York University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ithaca College, 1954.
Doctor of Science in Business Administration (honorary), Bryant College. Doctor of Science (honorary), Muhlenberg College. HHD (honorary), Wilberforce University.
Diploma of Advanced Studies (honorary), Rider College. Distributed control system (honorary), St. John's University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Marymount College, Rutgers University, 1987.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Trenton State College, 1990.
She was the first woman to serve as president of a major United States bank. He died three years later. She then worked in Philadelphia at an investment house while taking night classes in business administration and merchandising at the University of Pennsylvania.
Her second husband, Siegfried Roebling, died in 1936 and left her Trenton Trust stock.
She took his seat on a Trenton Trust Company board. She was elected president of the board on January 21, 1937 and became the first woman to serve as president of a major American bank.
She served as either president or chair of the board until 1972 when the bank merged with National State. She then chaired the combined banks until 1984.
From 1958 to 1962, she was governor of the American Stock Exchange.
She was their first woman governor. Through several administrations, Roebling served as served as a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army. She was made president of the new Army War College Foundation in 1978.
That year she also founded Women"s Bank North.A. in Denver and chaired its board until 1983.
She died on October 25, 1994 of renal failure at her home in Trenton.
Member citizens advisory committee New Jersey Museum, 1963—1968. Life trustee George C. Marshall Research Foundation, New Jersey Dental Service Plan. Member national advisory council National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Member national advisory council board director Boy Scouts America. Trustee Invest-in-America. Civilian aid to secretary Army, 1971, First Army, 1983, chairman emeritus, 1987.
Board governors Delaware Valley Council. Member Interstate Commn.Del. River; chairman New Jersey Savings Bond Committee.
Member 4th district Advisory Council Naval Affairs. Founding president Army War College Foundation. Emeritus member defense advisory committee women services Department Defense.
Citizens advisory council Committee on Status of Women. Founder, director American Women's Council. Chairman Hospitalized Veterans Service.
Chairman, comptroller Trenton Parking Authority. Member Mercer County Improvement Authority. Advisory board member Association United States Army.
Board governors Swedish History Foundation. Trustee Naval War College Foundation. National board member Junior Achievement Inc.
Board directors American Museum Immigration, Medical College Pennsylvania Woods School and Residential Treatment Centers. Founder Donnelly Memorial Hospital Women's Committee. Member national advisory council Boy Scouts America.
Member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Union League Club, Jim Beam Bottle Collectors Club, Mechanical Bank Collectors America, Button Collectors Club, Art Collectors Club America, Union League (Philadelphia), Huguenot Society New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Holland Society America, 1925 F Street (Washington), Greenacres Country (Lawrenceville), Contemporary (Trenton), Sea View Country, Colony Club (New York City), Trenton Country Club, Zonta International Club, Pilgrim John Howland Society, Daughters Colonial Wars, Genealogical Society Pennsylvania, Trenton Chamber of Commerce, Colonial Daughters 17th Century, Society Mayflower Descendants, American Bankers Association, American Women's Association, American Association Bank Women, New Jersey Investment Council, American Institute Banking, League Women Voters, Swedish Colonial Society, New Jersey Conference Christians and Jews (Brotherhood award 1956), United States Council International Chamber of C. (trustee), American Legion Auxiliary, American Newspaper Women's (associate), Overseas Press (associate), New Jersey Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association (life), National Defense Transportation Association (life), Business and Professional Women's Club.
Married Arthur Herbert Roebling, 1921 (divorced December 1924). 1 child Elizabeth Hobin. Married Siegfried Roebling Roebling, 1931 (deceased 1936).
1 child Paul (deceased).