Harvey Dow Gibson

Harvey Dow Gibson was born on March 12, 1882, at North Conway in Carroll County, New Hampshire.

[1] Gibson began his career with the American Express Company, then later with Liberty National Bank, where he became president in 1916.

As a result of the merger between Liberty National Bank and New York Trust Company, he became president of the latter.

In December, 1930, as part of a plan by the New York Clearing House and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to stem bank runs, Gibson headed a group of investors which purchased the controlling interest in the Manufacturers Trust Company from Goldman Sachs, and he became president of the bank on January 5, 1931.

[3] He bought the Eastern Slope Inn in the same year, and served on the executive board of the New York World's Fair in 1939 and 1940.