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John Poole - Bio - |
 Of WASHINGTON, President I. A. of R.C., 1918-19 |
| The new president of International
Rotary, was born at Parkersburg, W. Va., May 17, 1875, , but has lived
in the Capital of the United States since he was four months old. He was
educated in the public schools of Washington, and on September 5, 1890,
just exactly fifteen years after moving to that city, he entered the
service of the United States Express Company as a clerk. John remained
with the express company for ten years, when he secured a position with
the Washington Loan & Trust Company and began his career as a banker.
Eight years later he resigned his position as note teller to become
assistant cashier of the National City Bank, in June, 1908. The
following year he became cashier of the Commercial National Bank where
he remained until January 14, 1913. At that time he resigned and
organized the Federal National Bank , of which institution he was and
still is the president. Poole is a charter member of the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Bankers, of which he was president for two years, from August, 1906 to May, 1908. In 1916‑17 he was president of the District of Columbia Bankers' Association. At Present, he is the state vice‑president of the American Bankers Association; chairman of the Central Liberty Loan Committee for the District; chairman of the Potomac Division of the American Red Cross; member of the National Finance Committee of the Red Cross; treasurer of the District Council of Defense, treasurer of the Y. M. C. A., treasurer of the Columbia Country Club, treasurer of the National junior Republic‑Washington Committee; director of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; director of the Washington Board of Trade. John is an old member and president of the Washington Rotary Club. He is a member of the Presbyterian church; a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, and Senior Warden of Temple‑Noyes Lodge No. 32, F. A. A. M. He was married, October 19, 1898, to Dorothy Landers, and has four children, a daughter and three sons, and a grandchild. Provided by Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, Rotary Global History August 2003 |
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