Background
Randolph, Francis Fitz was born on February 24, 1889 in Elmira, New York, United States. Son of George Fitz and Annie Rogers (Dearborn) Randolph.
Randolph, Francis Fitz was born on February 24, 1889 in Elmira, New York, United States. Son of George Fitz and Annie Rogers (Dearborn) Randolph.
Graduate Philips Exeter Academy, 1907. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1911, Master of Arts, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1914.
Admitted to New York Bar, 1914. With Cravath & Henderson, 1914-1917. Assistant counsel B&O Railroad, 1915-1916.
With J. & West. Seligman & Company, from 1920, partner from 1923, senior partner from 1940.
Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee Glove & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company and American Home Fire Insurance Company, 1940-1952, now director, member Executive Committee. Vice president M-K-T Railroad Company, 1923-1926, director member Executive Committee, 1932-1946.
Chairman of the Board, 1940-1968, president, 1940-1960, chairman of the executive committee TriContinental Corporation. Executive Committee National Investors Corporation, Broad Saint Investing Company, Union Service Corporation, Whitehall Fund.
Incorporated.; director, member Executive Committee American Reinsurance Company, 1928-1968.
American Home Assurance Company, International Life Assurance Company, Insurance Company State of Pennsylvania. Chairman of the Board, chairman finance committee, director Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, 1940-1961. Trustee, member Savings Bank.
Member Executive Committee, 1932-1946. Served with “Squadron A,” New York National Guard, 1914-1917, serving on Mexican border. Member War Loan staff United States Treasury at Peace Conference, Paris, 1919-1920.
Cited twice General Orders 1st Division, American Expeditionary Force, Silver Star Medal Battle of Soissons, Victory Medal with clasps for 5 major operations, Army of Occupation, Germany medal.
Fourragere of the Croix de Guerre (France). Member Society 1st Division American Expeditionary Forces, Society Colonial Wars, Skull and Bones Society (Uale), New York Zoological Society (life), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Clubs: Union, Century, Downtown, University, Pilgrims, Garden City Golf (New York).
Married Sarah Tod Bulkley, November 3, 1923 (divorced). Married second, Mary Hill Hadley, November 27, 1965. Children: Sarah (deceased), Francis, Elizabeth Anne (Mistress Philip Cole), Peter Bulkley.
