
Frank A.
Frank A. Vanderlip (1864 – June 30, 1937) was an America
banker. From 1897-1901, Vanderlip was the
Assistant Secretary of Treasury for
President of the United
States William McKinley's
second term, 1897-1901. In that office he negotiated with
National City Bank a $200 million
loan to the government to finance the
Spanish American War. Thereafter he was
vice president and then president of
National City Bank (1909-19). In
November, 1910, he was a member of the
Jekyll
Island group, a group of bankers that wrote the bill that
became the
Federal Reserve
Act.
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