Background
Hemingway, Wilson Linn was born on December 2, 1880 in Potosi, Missouri, United States. Son of Wilson E. and Helen (Gerault) Hemingway.
Hemingway, Wilson Linn was born on December 2, 1880 in Potosi, Missouri, United States. Son of Wilson E. and Helen (Gerault) Hemingway.
Bachelor of Science, Vanderbilt University, 1900.
Began as bank collector, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1900. Secretary, Mercantile Trust Company, Little Rock, 1906-1915, president 1915-1919. Vice president National Bank of Commerce, Saint Louis, 1919-1929.
President Federal Commerce Trust Company, 1924-1929.
Executive vice president Mercantile Commerce Bank & Trust Company, 1930-1933, president January 1933, Chairman of the Board, 1947. President Mercantile Commerce corporation since January 1932.
Chairman of the executive committee Merc. Trust corporation since 1951.
Appointed head Saint Louis Loan Agency, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, February 1932.
Director Texas Pacific Railway President Saint Louis Regional Inter-American Center. Chairman United States Inter-American council. Trustee Vanderbilt University, Washington University President American Bankers Association, 1942.
Vice president Inter American Council Commerce and Production, 1951-1952.
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Married Lois Roots, March 1, 1905. Children: Margaret, Helen, Miriam.