Albert C. Simmonds Jr.

Simmonds was born on June 21, 1963, at Simmesport in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He was the eldest child of Albert Carleton Simmonds (1871–1930) and Nonie Adela ( Butler) Simmonds (1875–1963). His paternal grandparents were Henry Simmonds and Mary Eliza ( Reily) Simmonds. His maternal grandparents were Confederate soldier Thomas Callaham Butler and, his first wife, Jane ( Robinette) Butler. He taught history for a year at the high school in Thomasville, Georgia before attending Harvard University, where he graduated with a Master of Business Administration in 1925. ==Career==

After Harvard, Simmonds joined the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in New York City. In 1930, he joined the Bank of New York and after subsequent stints as assistant treasurer, assistant vice president and vice president, he was elected to succeed John C. Traphagen as President of the Bank of New York in 1948. In 1957, he became chief executive officer and chairman of the bank, serving until his death in 1963. In 1960 and 1961, he was president of the New York State Bankers Association. Simmonds also served as a trustee, or director, of the Greenwich Savings Bank, the North American Reassurance Company, the Celotex Corporation, the American Casualty Insurance Company, North American Reinsurance Corporation, the Borden Company, the Valley Forge Life Insurance Company, and the Valley Forge Insurance Company. ==Personal life==

On February 28, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois, Simmonds married Mary Adelaide Harding (1904–1994), a daughter of lawyer Victor M. Harding of Hubbard Woods, Illinois. They lived together at Indian Trail in Harrison, New York and were the parents of: he married Barbara Smith. • Diane Deblois Simmonds (1934–1934), who died in infancy. ==Notes==