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Henry Pomeroy Davison

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It should be in reality, and not merely in name an International Committee, a Committee on which there will be representatives from all countries, instead of, as at present, a committee consisting of amiable but somewhat ineffective Geneva gentlemen. That which calls itself "international" has grown
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The League was established in 1919 with Davison as its chairman. However, "Swiss aloofness or unilateralism was hard to overcome", and the relationship between the ICRC and the League became, and remained, a problem for years to come.
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After the war ended, he pressed for the creation of an international organization to coordinate the work of the different national Red Cross societies. Based on his recommendation, the
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After completing his education he became a bookkeeper in a bank managed by one of his relatives, and at age 21 he gained employment at a bank in
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rather provincial… New blood, new methods, a new and more comprehensive outlook, these things are necessary.
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The Origins of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913: Banks and Politics during the Progressive Era, 1897-1913
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On April 13, 1893, he married Kate Trubee (1871–1961). Together, they had two sons, and two daughters:
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Frances Pomeroy Davison (1903–1969), who married Ward Cheney, a son of Charles Cheney, a partner at
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Davison died on May 6, 1922, at the age of 54 at his family estate, Peacock Point in
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Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening.
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Presidents of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic
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Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector
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Civilian recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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in 1917, Davison was named chairman of the War Council of the
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Henry Pomeroy Davison Jr. (1898–1961), was a director at
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Henry Pomeroy Davison was born on June 12, 1867, in
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Henry P. Davison

Troy, Pennsylvania
Locust Valley
New York
Frederick Trubee Davison
Troy, Pennsylvania
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bankers Trust
JP Morgan & Company
Jekyll Island
Georgia
Federal Reserve
United States
World War I
American Red Cross
Distinguished Service Medal
League of Red Cross Societies
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
United States
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

690 Park Avenue
East 69th Street
Walker & Gillette
Frederick Trubee Davison

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