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Ray Gidney
20th Comptroller of the Currency
In office
April 16, 1953 – November 15, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Preceded byPreston Delano
Succeeded byJames J. Saxon
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
In office
November 1, 1944 – April 16, 1953
Preceded byMatthew Fleming
Succeeded byWilbur Fulton
Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
In office
September 6, 1957 - September 17, 1957
Preceded byHenry E. Cook
Succeeded byJesse P. Wolcott
Personal details
BornRay Millard Gidney
(1887-01-17)January 17, 1887
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
DiedOctober 21, 1978(1978-10-21) (aged 91)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)

Ray Millard Gidney (January 17, 1887 – October 21, 1978) was a United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1953 to 1961.

Ray M. Gidney was named Comptroller by President Dwight D. Eisenhower after a long and distinguished career in banking. He served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland prior to his appointment from 1944 to 1953

Gidney was known for the quiet and competent manner in which he ran the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He resigned to accept a position with a large bank in Jacksonville, Florida.

References

  1. "Current Biography Yearbook". 1953.
  2. Hicks, Sidney A. (2007). The Loyalist Gidney Diaspora. S.A. Hicks. ISBN 9780973944716.
  3. "Ray M. Gidney, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland". December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

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Other offices
Preceded byMatthew Fleming President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
1944–1953 		Succeeded byWilbur Fulton


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