George Edward Laverack, Founder & First President of CCB 1889-1891
Entry/Object ID
00631
Description
George Edward Laverack , CCB Founder lived at 519 Delaware Avenue . He was born in Buffalo on October 10,1845 and died on March 1, 1924.
He operated the largest wholesale houses in the wholesale drug and grocery trade between Chicago and New York. He served as President of CCB in 1889, 1890 and 1891. During his life he was also connected with many other extensive interests, notably in the fields of transportation and banking. In 1877, he was elected a director of the Western Transportation Company until that corporation passed into the hands of the New York Railroad in 1883. He was also the Director of the Old American Exchange Bank for many years.
