Seymour Parker Gilbert

Infobox Politician
name = Seymour Parker Gilbert
office = Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
term_start = June 1920
term_end = June 1921
predecessor = Russell Cornell Leffingwell
successor =
office2 = Under Secretary of the Treasury
term_start2 = June 1921
term_end2 = 1923
predecessor2 =
successor2 =
office3 = Agent General of Reparations
term_start3 = October 1924
term_end3 = May 1930
birth_date = birth date|1892|10|13|mf=y
birth_place = Bloomfield
death_date = death date and age|1938|2|23|1892|10|13|mf=y
death_place = New York City

Seymour Parker Gilbert (October 13, 1892 - February 23, 1938) was an American lawyer, banker, politician and diplomat. He is chiefly known for being Agent General for Reparations to Germany, from October 1924 to May 1930. Afterwards, in 1931, he became an associate at J. P. Morgan. He died at age 45, from a heart attack. His son was chairman of Morgan Stanley during the 1980s.

Parker Gilbert was educated at Rutgers College, and received a L.L.B. from Harvard Law School. At age 27, he was offered a cabinet post in the Wilson Administration, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and continued to serve in the Harding Administration. In 1924, he was appointed Agent General for Reparations by the Allied Reparations Commission, succeeding the temporary Owen D. Young. In that capacity, he was responsible for the execution of the Dawes Plan. Under the Young Plan, the Bank for International Settlements was created, nullifying the position of Parker Gilbert.

External links

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,719063,00.html Genius Rewarded]