Background
Reed, Philip Dunham was born on November 16, 1899 in Milwaukee. Son of William Dennis and Virginia Brandreth (Dunham) Reed.
Reed, Philip Dunham was born on November 16, 1899 in Milwaukee. Son of William Dennis and Virginia Brandreth (Dunham) Reed.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Wisconsin, 1921. Doctor of Laws, University Wisconsin, 1950. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Fordham University, 1924.
Doctor of Laws, Union College, 1941. Doctor of Laws, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1942. Doctor of Laws, Swarthmore College, 1954.
Doctor of Commercial Science, New York University, 1950. E.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1941.
With law firm, Pennie, Davis, Marvin & Edmonds, 1921-1922;
vice president, patent counsel, Van Heusen Products, Inc., 1922-1926;
with law department, General Electric Company, 1926-1937;
assistant to president and director, General Electric Company, 1938-1939;
Chairman of the Board, General Electric Company, 1940-1942, 45-58;
chairman finance committee, General Electric Company, 1946-1959;
director emeritus, General Electric Company, 1968-1989. Director Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1959-1965, Chairman of the Board, 1960-1965. Past director American Express Company, Bankers Trust Company, Cowles Broadcasting, Inc., Bigelow-Sanford Inc., Eurofund International Inc., Elfun Trusts, Kraft Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Otis Elevator Company, Scott Paper Company, Tiffany & Company.
Senior consultant to director of priorities Office Production Management, 1941, department dir.materials division, July-December 1941. Chief bureau industries War Production Board, January-July1942. Deputy chief of the United States Mission for Economics Affairs, London, England., 1942-1943, chief of mission with rank of minister, October 1943-January 1945.
Consultant United States delegate Conference on World Organisation, San Francisco, 1945.
Vice chairman business advisory council Department Commerce (now Business Council), 1951-1952, member, from 1940, member United States advisory committee on information, 1948-1961. Chairman United States delegate Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 1948-1952. Trustee Committee for Economic Development, member research, policy committee, 1946-1975, chairman, 1948-1949.
Board directors International Executive Service Corps., 1964-1986, chairman executive committee, 1966-1974. Trustee Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 1953-1975, vice chairman, 1955-1975, chairman finance committee, 1956-1958. Trustee Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, 1970-1975.
Former director Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Former vice president Metropolitan Opera Association. Member International Chamber of C. (executive committee United States council from 1945, chairman 1945-1948, president chamber 1949-1951, honorary president, until 1989), Council on Foreign Relations (director 1946-1969, director emeritus 1969-1989) Clubs: University (New York City), Links (New York City).
Apawamis (Rye, New York ). Blind Brook (Port Chester, New York ). Bohemian (San Francisco).
Mill Reef (Antigua, West Indies).
Married Mabel Mayhew Smith, July 16, 1921 (deceased). Children: Philip Dunham, Kathryn Virginia.