John J. Boland

At age 20, Boland formed a small shipbroking and shipping chartering business.

In 1902, he hired Adam E. Cornelius to do clerical work.

In 1904, Boland invited Cornelius to enter into a partnership with his firm.

Boland and Cornelius ran the American Steamship Company successfully until the Great Depression, at which point they decided to convert the company's fleet to self-unloaders.

This article about an American businessperson born in the 1870s is a stub.

John J. Boland first ship, the SS Yale , shown underway prior to World War I , served as USS Yale (ID-1672), 1918–1920 and as USS Greyhound (IX-106), 1943–1944.