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Bankers WWI – Officers and Enlisted

The Oregonian, 9 Sep 1917, page 10

The Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Banking will hold a get-together meeting Tuesday night at its rooms, 422 Oregon building. All members have been asked to bring some bank man who is not a member.

Men who have passed the examination covering the two-year course will receive the certificates awarded by the institute and an entertainment committee has promised a programme.

The local chapter has just issued a pamphlet, carrying a message by A. B. Nordling, president. Mr. Nordling is en route to Chicago to attend a meeting of the executives of the institute chapters throughout the country. The pamphlet also carries an honor roll, showing the names of Portland bank clerks and officers who are now serving under the flag. The list follows:

Commissioned Officers.

  • Captain E. C. Sammons, U. S. R., Lumbermens National Bank
  • Captain C. H. Abercrombie, U. S. R., First National Bank
  • Second Lieutenant Tom Brown, Company H, Third, Ladd & Tilton Bank
  • Second Lieutenant A. Closterman, U. S. R., United States National Bank
  • Second Lieutenant A. E. Johnson, U. S. R., United States National Bank
  • Second Lieutenant A. E. Mackenzie, Seaforth Highlanders, Bank of California (Now a prisoner of war in Germany)
  • Second Lieutenant Frank McGinty, U. S. R., Ladd & Tilton Bank
  • Second Lieutenant E. A. Wyld, Jr., U. S. R. First National Bank

Enlisted Men

  • R. G. Ashley, Quartermasters Division, Ashley & Rumelin, bankers
  • F. H. Bagley, Aviation Corps, United States National Bank
  • Donald Beck, United States Navy, United States National Bank
  • Laurence Billarts, Company E, Oregon National Guard, Bank of California
  • Aubry Bennett, O. N. M., First National Bank
  • Vernon Bennett, Hartman & Thompson
  • Maurice Birkett, Third Oregon, Lumbermens National Bank
  • Carl Blied, Battery A, Oregon National Guard, First National Bank
  • Edgar Blood, Company Eight, Coast Artillery, United States National Bank
  • Sidney Booth, Northwestern National Bank
  • Stanley Borquist, Hartman & Thompson
  • Herman Boyer, Company Eight, Coast Artillery, United States National Bank
  • George Carroll, Hospital Corps, Bank of California
  • Corporal W. B. Choate, Troop A, Lumbermens National Bank
  • Corporal M. Christensen, Company F, Third Oregon, Ladd & Tilton
  • L. O. Church, Third Oregon, First National Bank
  • Corporal Robert A. Clarke, Machine Gun Company, Third Oregon, United States National Bank
  • D. G. Cooper, O. N. M., First National Bank
  • Sargent A. Cronquist, Troop A, Cavalry, Lumbermens National Bank
  • W. V. Grider, Company Nine, Coast Artillery, First National Bank
  • L. R. Herrick, Second Officers Training Camp, Northwestern National Bank
  • A. W. Heston, Company B, Third Oregon, Canadian Bank of Commerce
  • Thomas H. Hewett, Company Eight, Coast Artillery, First National Bank
  • John Higley, Nineteenth Ambulance Corps, First National Bank
  • Edward Jones, O. N. M., Hibernia Savings Bank
  • Carl Julien, Hospital Corps, Ladd & Tilton Bank
  • Corporal A. Kellogg, Troop A, Cavalry, Lumbermens National Bank
  • J. E. Kenefick, Paymasters Department, United States Navy, United States National Bank
  • Richard Martin, Troop A, Cavalry, Hibernia Savings Bank
  • Howard Merriam, Marine Corps, Bank of California
  • Paul Mickelson, Hospital Corps, Ladd & Tilton Bank
  • Sergeant Chester Miller, Quartermasters Department, Hibernia Savings Bank
  • F. H. Mollner, O. N. M., First National Bank
  • R. F. Mollner, O. N. M., First National Bank
  • Harry Moss, Sixth Company, C. C. C., State Bank of Portland
  • Edmund Munley, Hospital Corps, Bank of California
  • T. L. Murphy, Troop A, Cavalry, Lumbermens National Bank
  • Sergeant C. McCarty, Troop A, Cavalry, Lumbermens National Bank
  • Ben W. Newell, Second Officers Training Camp, Ladd & Tilton Bank
  • E. Paulsen, Hospital Department, United States Navy, Lumbermens National Bank
    Sergeant S. A. Peters, Coast Artillery, Canadian Bank of Commerce
  • E. A. H. Peterson, Ninety-third Company, Coast Artillery, Bank of California
  • W. G. Philip, Coast Artillery, Canadian Bank of Commerce
  • John L. Phillips, Third Oregon, Lumbermens National Bank
  • Ralph Reed, Northwestern National Bank
  • Max Ricker, Naval Reserve, Lumbermens National Bank
  • Lee Seufert, Troop A, Cavalry, Lumbermens National Bank
  • H. Stiles, Company Eight, Coast Artillery, United States National Bank
  • Thomas Stoughton, Second Officers Training Camp, Ladd & Tilton Bank
  • B. R. Wagner, Company Eight, Coast Artillery, First National Bank
  • W. H. Whitmer, Northwestern National Bank
  • D. E. Wright, United States Marines, Canadian Bank of Commerce