Background
Coombe, Reginald Gorton was born on January 27, 1895 in New York City. Son of Thomas Gorton and Lydia (Daikers) Coombe.
Coombe, Reginald Gorton was born on January 27, 1895 in New York City. Son of Thomas Gorton and Lydia (Daikers) Coombe.
Cum laude Groton School, 1914. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1918.
Salesman Bonbright & Company, 1919-1920. Secretary in office of William Rockefeller, 1920-1923. Sales executive Brown Brothers & Company, 1923-1927.
Partner Edward B. Smith & Company, and successor, Smith Barney & County, New York City, 1927-1939.
Vice president Hanover Bank, New York City, 1939-1955, senior vice president, 1955-1958. Consultant Laurance South. Rockefeller and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 1958-1976.
Director, member Executive Committee General Security Assurance Company, First New Haven National Bank. Director United States Borax & Chemical Corporation Trustee, member Executive Committee, president Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
Trustee, member Executive Committee, chairman finance committee Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Member, former president Yale University Council. Clubs: Field (Greenwich, Connecticut).
Married Philena Hope Lincoln, May 22, 1922. Children: Patricia, Philena Emily (deceased), Hope Lincoln.