Background
Shields, Paul Vincent was born on July 31, 1889 in Saint Paul. Minnesota. Son of Cornelius and Theresa (McHugh) Shields.
Shields, Paul Vincent was born on July 31, 1889 in Saint Paul. Minnesota. Son of Cornelius and Theresa (McHugh) Shields.
Educated Cascadilla Polytech. Preparatory School, 1904. Student Loyola College, 1905.
Cornell Univercity, 1912.
Partner Merill, Lynch & Company, investment bankes, 1920-1922, organized firm of Shields & Company, 1923, members New York Stock Exchange, New York Curb Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange, Commodity Exchange, New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, New York Cocoa Exchange, Liverpool Cotton Exchange, Canadian Commodity Exchange. Governor and member executive, committee, New York Stock Exchange, 1935-1936. Partner Shields & Company.
Chairman of the Board NAFI, since 1956.
Clubs: Recess, River (New York City).
Married Veronica Gibbons, August 6, 1926. Children: Barbara Crowley, Veronica (Mistress Gary Cooper).