Background
Clarke, Philip Ream was born on February 10, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Philip Ream and Louise (Hildebr) Clarke.
Clarke, Philip Ream was born on February 10, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Philip Ream and Louise (Hildebr) Clarke.
AB, University of Chicago, 1937.
With, Glore, Forgan & Company, Chicago, 1937-1942; With, City National Bank & Trust Company, Chicago, 1946-1957; assistant vice president, City National Bank & Trust Company, 1947-1951; vice president, City National Bank & Trust Company, 1951-1957; with, Lehman Brothers, Chicago, 1957-1965; manager industrial department, Lehman Brothers, 1959-1962; director new business, Lehman Brothers, 1962-1965; vice president, treasurer, director, Hinsdale Cemetery Company, 1946-1966; from senior vice president to vice-Chairman, Chicago Corporation, 1965-1986; vice-chairman emeritus, Chicago Corporation (formerly Algemene Bank Nederland Amro Chicago Corporation), 1986-1996; vice chairman emeritus, Chicago Corporation (name changed to Abnamro Chicago Corporation), since 1997; director, Chicago Corporation, 1965-1986; president, Chief Executive Officer, Hollymatic Corporation, 1978-1979; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Hollymatic Corporation, 1979-1981; director, Hollymatic Corporation, 1969-1981. Member Midwest Stock Exchange, 1954-1956. President, treasurer, director Bronswood Cemetery, Inc., 1966-1989, chairman, since 1990.
Board of directors, Executive Committee Cook County School of Nursing, 1958-1968, vice president, 1965-1968. Treasurer, director Chicago Committee on Alcoholism, 1952-1956, vice president, 1957, executive vice president, 1958, president, 1959, chairman, 1960-1961. Charter member board associations, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1980-1984.
Vice chairman Chicago Non Partisan Committee to Bring Republican National Convention to Chicago. Member Republican National Convention, 1959-1960. Treasurer Citizens Committee to Bring Republican and Democratic conversations to Chicago, 1952, 56.
Board of Governors Hinsdale Community House, 1968-1970, vice chairman, 1969, chairman, 1970,life trustee since 1993. Trustee, chairman finance committee, 1951-1955, Village of Clarendon Hills, Illinois, 1956-1960, president, 1961-1965, deputy village treasurer, 1965-1968. Board of Governors United Republican Fund of Illinois, 1948-1974, treasurer, 1948-1962, vice president, Executive Committee, 1955-1969.
Board directors Illinois council Trout Unlimited, 1972-1975. Trustee University of Chicago Alumni Foundation, 1958-1961, citizens board, 1955-1980. Member Executive Committee Citizens of Greater Chicago, 1960-1961.
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Chicago Association Commerce and Industry (director, treasurer 1952-1953), Chicago Zoological Society (governing member 1956-1969, 79— ), National Council on Alcoholism (vice president 1959-1962), Alpha Delta Phi.
Married Valerie Mead, October 20, 1939 (deceased September 1965). Children: Barbara Foster, Philip Ream III. Married Jan Finan, December 2, 1967.
Married Barbara Schroeder, April 15, 1977.