Horace Burton Pomeroy (June 3, 1879 – January 24, 1957) was an American broker and investment banker with Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy.
Pomeroy was born on June 3, 1879, in Troy, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Charles Burton Pomeroy (1839–1921) and Sophia (Webber) Pomeroy (1841–1905).[1]
He attended the Lawrenceville School in Mercer County, New Jersey before attending Yale University where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1903 and an M.A. degree in 1906.
In 1912, Pomeroy became the Rochester, New York representative of Harris, Forbes & Co. of New York City, the investment banking affiliate of Harris Bank that was incorporated in 1911.[2]
On January 1, 1921, Pomeroy withdrew from Harris Forbes & Co., as Western New York manager, in charge of their Buffalo office, to join Schoellkopf, Hutton & Co. (founded in Buffalo in 1919), which then became Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy. They became one of the "strongest investment banking houses between New York and Chicago. The active members of the firm consisted of Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jr., Russell J. H. Hutton,[3] and Pomeroy.[1] He served as treasurer, secretary and a member of the board of directors. In 1930, he received an annual salary of $20,000 per year and owned 600 shares of the company.[4] Pomeroy also served as vice president and a director of the Niagara Share Corporation of Maryland (a holding company for the Schoellkopf family utility interests in various entities including the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company).[4]
In 1960, after his retirement and later death, the investment banking activities of the Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomeroy merged with the New York City based firm Dominick & Dominick.[5]
On November 17, 1909, Pomeroy was married to Ethel Josephine Braman (1882–1931),[6] a daughter of Josephine Adele (Clark) Braman and Chester Alwyn Braman of New York City, president of A.D. Julliard Co.[7] Together, they resided at 550 Lafayette Avenue in Buffalo, and were the parents of four children:[1] [8]
He was a member of the Buffalo Club, the Ellicott Club, the Yale Club of New York City and was an elder of the North Presbyterian Church of Buffalo.[1]
Pomeroy died on January 24, 1957, in Vero Beach, Florida.[13]
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