Men and women of America; a biographical dictionary of contemporaries . ion of the beautiful bronze statueof Martin Luther at Washington, D. has for many years served as a trus-tee of the Young Mens Christian Associa-tion. He was a member of tlie Committeeappointed for the erection of a statue ofHenry Ward Beecher, and of that of J. Stranahan. He is a member of theChamber of Commerce, the MetropolitanMuseum of Art, Brooklyn Institute of Artsand Sciences, Long Island Historical So-ciety, the Germania and Hamilton Clubsof Brooklyn, and the Down Town, DingTrade, Fulton and Union League
Men and women of America; a biographical dictionary of contemporaries . ion of the beautiful bronze statueof Martin Luther at Washington, D. has for many years served as a trus-tee of the Young Mens Christian Associa-tion. He was a member of tlie Committeeappointed for the erection of a statue ofHenry Ward Beecher, and of that of J. Stranahan. He is a member of theChamber of Commerce, the MetropolitanMuseum of Art, Brooklyn Institute of Artsand Sciences, Long Island Historical So-ciety, the Germania and Hamilton Clubsof Brooklyn, and the Down Town, DingTrade, Fulton and Union League Clubs ofNew York City. Residence: 405 ClintonAvenue, Brooklyn. Office: Schieren Build-ing, Ferry and Cliff Streets, New York City. SCHIFF, Jacob Henry: Banker; born in Frankfort-on-the-]\Iain,in 1847. He was educated in the schoolsof Germany until lie was eighteen yearsold, when he came to New York and en-tered u])on his business career as a bankclerk, and a few years later became a part-ner in the firm of Budge, Schiff and Com-jiany, bankers and brokers, in which he. Jacob SchiffBanker MEN OF AMERICA. 1443 continued until ISTT), when that liini wentout of business and JSlr. Schitl becamejunior member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeband Company, of which his father-in-hiw,Solomon Loeb, was then the senior part-ner; and when the latter retired in 1885,Mr. SchitY became the head of the firm,and has so continued ever since. Thefirm are private bankers constantly identi-fied with the largest operations; financedand were largely interested in the reorgan-ization of the Union Pacific in 1897, andthe subsequent transactions by which thecontrol of the Southern Pacific and otherrailroads were acquired; placed the largeJapanese loan in this country during thewar with Russia, and have been identifiedconstantly with practically every financialoperation of national importance. Mr. SchifTis a director of the National City Bank, the^lorton Trust Company, Title Guaranteeand Trust Company, the
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