Charles Sterling Bunnell Explained

Charles Sterling Bunnell
Birth Date:4 December 1901
Birth Place:Lorain, Ohio
Death Place:Cornwall, CT
Alma Mater:Yale University
Occupation:Banker
Spouse:Katherine Johnson BunnellNaneen Bunnell
Children:1

Charles Sterling Bunnell (December 4, 1901 – April 23, 1988), was an American banker.[1] Following graduation from Yale University in 1924, Bunnell began his career at the First National City Bank of New York where he held the positions of Senior VP and Chairman of the Credit Policy Committee.[2] At the onset of World War II he was present at the Berlin, Germany office of the bank and later he was a Director of Citibank. Bunnell also was a Director of BASF Colors & Chemicals, the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company[3] a division of BP and of the Wheeling Steel Corporation,[4] a division of SeverStal.

Bunnell was a member of Scroll and Key and Delta Kappa Epsilon[5] at Yale and later the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee of the Federal Reserve.[6]

Through his mother, Bunnell is the grandson of Charles Gilbert Peterson and great grandson of Gilbert Peterson, both contractors from Lockport, New York[7] and through his father is the nephew of John William Sterling, founder of Shearman & Sterling.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: C. Sterling Bunnell, Banker, 86 - NYTimes.com. nytimes.com. 2015-04-08.
  2. Web site: 1st National City Fills Credit Post - Article - NYTimes.com. select.nytimes.com. 2015-04-08.
  3. Web site: Chicago Mill-Lumber Holders Elect a Compromise Board. https://archive.today/20120714010952/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/djreprints/access/75860278.html?dids=75860278:75860278&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+10,+1964&author=&pub=Wall+Street+Journal&desc=Chicago+Mill-Lumber+Holders+Elect+a+Compromise+Board&pqatl=google. dead. July 14, 2012. pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 2015-04-08.
  4. Web site: Wheeling Steel Elects - Article - NYTimes.com. select.nytimes.com. 2015-04-08.
  5. Web site: Delta Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity Website by ChapterSpot.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719172606/http://www.dke.org/index.php?folder=alumni&page=mystic_circle.php&chapter_id=1 . 2011-07-19 . dead. 2015-04-08.
  6. Web site: November 1951 - Federal Reserve Bulletin - FRASER. fraser.stlouisfed.org. 2015-04-08.
  7. Book: Biographical Record. Yale University. Sheffield Scientific School. Class of 1891. 1907. 31. 2015-04-08.
  8. Web site: $15,000,000 STERLING BEQUEST TO YALE - Lawyer, Graduated in 1864 Leaves Residue to His Alma Mater. OTHER GIFTS $5,000,000 $1,000,000 to Osborne Home and Rest to Relatives, Employes, and charity. Active in Practice at 74. The Bequest to Vale Bequest to Two Hospitals. - View Article - NYTimes.com. query.nytimes.com. 2015-04-08.