Background
Whelpley, Medley Gordon Brittain was born on January 16, 1893 in Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Charles Brown and Harriet (Brittain) Whelpley.
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Whelpley, Medley Gordon Brittain was born on January 16, 1893 in Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada. Son of Charles Brown and Harriet (Brittain) Whelpley.
Brought to the United States in infancy. Student Coe College, 1913-1914, Doctor of Laws, 1947. Student University of Pennsylvania, 1914-1915.
With Harris Forbes and Company, New York, 1915-1917, Mechanics & Metals National Bank, 1919-1922, vice president, 1922-1926. Vice president Chase National Bank, 1926-1928, Chase Securities Corporation, 1928-1930. Organized, 1930, and president, director American Express Bank & Trust Company, 1930-1931.
Partner Guggenheim Brothers, 1931-1944, assisted in reorganization Chilean nitrogen industry.
Chairman Lautaro Nitrate Company, Limited. (London), 1932-1944; president and director Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporation, 1938-1944, president and director Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Corporation, 1932-1944.
Director United States Rubber Company Trustee Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Chairman committee for Control of Nitrogen in Germany, National Engineer Council, 1945. President Bond Club of New York, 1926-1927.
Student Officers’ Training Camp, Plattsburg, May-August 1917.
Captain 305th Field Artillery, 77th Division, North.A., August 1917-June 1919. With American Expeditionary Forces, France, April 1918-March 1919. Cited in general orders for gallantry in action.
Certificate of Merit for activities, World World War World World War World War II
Clubs: Links, Racquet and Tennis.
Married Katharine M. Dietz, March 8, 1918. Children: Gordon Brittain, Harriet (Mistress Bruce C. Conklin), Katharine (Mistress George Atcheson).