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Yale College 9
Attended Yale Graduate School 1878-79 (on University Baseball Team),
Harvard Medical School 1879-80, and the universities of Bonn and Berlin 1882-83;tutor m Latin Yale University 1880-82 and in German 1883-
85, assistant professor of German language and literature 1885-88, banker
in Boston 1888-1943; vice-president National Hide & Leather Bank 1890-
1901 and consolidated State National Bank 1901-08, president 1908-12,
first vice-president Merchants National Bank of Boston (merged with
State National Bank) 1912-17, president 1917-29, and chairman of the
board 1929-43; a director Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 1923-27; lecturer Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, Dartmouth College, 1904 and 1906; M.A. Hon Yale 1888 and LL D. 1935, LL D Dartmouth 1936; alumni fellow Yale Corporation 1899-1933 (member Prudential Committee 1901-33, Committee on Finance 1905-33, and Committee on Educational Policy 1919-23,1928-30), trustee Peabody Museum
of Natural History 1924-29; Class agent 1930-39 and Class treasurer
1930-43, president Yale Club of Boston 1923-25, Boston Clearing House
Association 1924-33, trustee Phillips-Andover 1903-43 (president of the
board 1908-29), Provident Institution for Savings 1917-43 (vice-president
1932-43)> and Crocker, Burbank & Company Association 1934-42, moderator Andover town meetings; associate member American Academy of
Arts and Sciences.
Unmarried.
Death due to bronchial pneumonia Buried in Chapel Cemetery, Andover. Survived by a brother, Philip F. Ripley, '97.
Mr. Ripley's gift of 500 books to Yale in 1898 formed the nucleus of the
seminary library in the Department of German.
George Richard Walker, B.A. 1878.
Born February 8, 1857, in A\ron, Ohio
Died July 2, 1943, in Chicago, III
Father, Richard Baxter Walker, a hardware merchant in Akron Mother,
Mary Esther (Jenny) Walker.
Akron High School; attended Western Reserve University 1874-76 Entered Yale College Junior year; Class baseball team and Class crew Junior
year; Senior barge race, teacher Broadway Mission Senior year, chairman
Class Day Committee; member Linonia and Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Tutor Illinois College, Jacksonville, 1878-80, admitted to the bar, lawyer in Chicago 1880-1905 and 1914 until retirement 1930 (member Dow,
Walker & Walker, and Freeman & Walker, practiced independently 1914-
30); United States attorney for southern district Indian Territory, Ard-
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 9 |
| Transcript | Yale College 9 Attended Yale Graduate School 1878-79 (on University Baseball Team), Harvard Medical School 1879-80, and the universities of Bonn and Berlin 1882-83;tutor m Latin Yale University 1880-82 and in German 1883- 85, assistant professor of German language and literature 1885-88, banker in Boston 1888-1943; vice-president National Hide & Leather Bank 1890- 1901 and consolidated State National Bank 1901-08, president 1908-12, first vice-president Merchants National Bank of Boston (merged with State National Bank) 1912-17, president 1917-29, and chairman of the board 1929-43; a director Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 1923-27; lecturer Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, Dartmouth College, 1904 and 1906; M.A. Hon Yale 1888 and LL D. 1935, LL D Dartmouth 1936; alumni fellow Yale Corporation 1899-1933 (member Prudential Committee 1901-33, Committee on Finance 1905-33, and Committee on Educational Policy 1919-23,1928-30), trustee Peabody Museum of Natural History 1924-29; Class agent 1930-39 and Class treasurer 1930-43, president Yale Club of Boston 1923-25, Boston Clearing House Association 1924-33, trustee Phillips-Andover 1903-43 (president of the board 1908-29), Provident Institution for Savings 1917-43 (vice-president 1932-43)> and Crocker, Burbank & Company Association 1934-42, moderator Andover town meetings; associate member American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Unmarried. Death due to bronchial pneumonia Buried in Chapel Cemetery, Andover. Survived by a brother, Philip F. Ripley, '97. Mr. Ripley's gift of 500 books to Yale in 1898 formed the nucleus of the seminary library in the Department of German. George Richard Walker, B.A. 1878. Born February 8, 1857, in A\ron, Ohio Died July 2, 1943, in Chicago, III Father, Richard Baxter Walker, a hardware merchant in Akron Mother, Mary Esther (Jenny) Walker. Akron High School; attended Western Reserve University 1874-76 Entered Yale College Junior year; Class baseball team and Class crew Junior year; Senior barge race, teacher Broadway Mission Senior year, chairman Class Day Committee; member Linonia and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Tutor Illinois College, Jacksonville, 1878-80, admitted to the bar, lawyer in Chicago 1880-1905 and 1914 until retirement 1930 (member Dow, Walker & Walker, and Freeman & Walker, practiced independently 1914- 30); United States attorney for southern district Indian Territory, Ard- |
