Russell Cornell Leffingwell
- Russell Cornell Leffingwell
Russell Cornell Leffingwell (1878 - 1960) was a U.S. banker who led the Council on Foreign Relations from 1944 until 1953. From 1944 to 1946, he served as president of the Council, and from 1946 to 1953, he served as the organization's first chairman. He was also at various times a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation and chairman of JP Morgan. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,895030-2,00.html |quote=Russell Cornell Leffingwell, 82, former board chairman of J. P. Morgan & Co.; of cancer; in Manhattan. A graduate of Yale ('99) and the Columbia Law School ('02), where he edited the Law Review, Leffingwell practiced corporation law until World War I, when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. After that his interests turned increasingly to international banking. He joined Morgan in 1923, was instrumental in floating loans for the postwar recovery of Europe's economy. |work=Time (magazine) |date=October 17, 1960 |accessdate=2008-07-28 ]
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