R. Brent Keyser

Background

Keyser, R. Brent was born on August 5, 1859 in Baltimore. Son of William and Mary (Brent) Keyser.

Education

Educated private schools, Baltimore, 1866-1872, Ury, Pennsylvania, 1872-1875, Saint Paul’s, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1875-1878.

Career

With Keyser Brothers & Company, iron and steel merchants, 1878-1883. With Baltimore Copper Smelting & Rolling Company, 1883-1910, treasurer, 1885, president, 1905-1910. Treasurer Old Dominion Copper Company, Globe, Arizona, 1887-1895.

Director Bang and Olufsen Railroad Company, Merchants & Miners Transportation Company.

Member Executive Committee Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company President board of trustees Johns Hopkins University, since 1903. Trustee Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.) Vestryman Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church Chairman Baltimore Chapter American Red Cross, 1917-1919.

Home: Baltimore, Maryland.

Achievements

• R. Brent Keyser has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member executive

Connections

Married Ellen Carr McHenry, June 14, 1888.