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SIDNEY L. SCHWARTZ

 

 

Sidney L. Schwartz, senior partner in Sutro & Company, Bankers and Brokers, was born in San Francisco, California, on January 3, 1886; the son of William and Henrietta (Gump) Schwartz.

            Graduated from Lowell High School, San Francisco, in 1904 and then was a student at University of California for two years, 1904-06.

            Mr. Schwartz has been associated with Sutro & Company since 1906 (members of New York Stock Exchange), bankers and brokers, San Francisco, California, and since 1930 is senior partner in the company.

            He is vice president and director of River Farms Company of California; trustee and treasurer of Fogel Loan Fund, and a director of Mt. Zion Hospital Assn.

            Member of Investment Bankers Association, San Francisco Stock Exchange (president, 1923-30, 1942-44); governor of New York Stock Exchange 1944-1951.

            Mr. Schwartz is a Republican; of Hebrew religion; Mason; and member of the following clubs: Stock Exchange, Rotary, Commonwealth, Merced Golf and Country; past president, Old Time Athletes Assn.

            On June 22, 1913, Mr. Schwartz married Alice Wolff and has two daughters: Marie Louise (Mrs. Alfred Barnston) and Elizabeth (Mrs. Jack V. Cosgriff).

            Home:  1958 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, California. Summer Home, Woodside, California.

            Offices:  407 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California.

 

 

 

Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.

Source: “Eminent Californians 1953”, by Lee E. Johnson & C. W. Taylor. Page 300, C. W. Taylor Publ., Palo Alto, California, 1953.


© 2014  Cecelia M. Setty.

 

 

 

 

 

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