Banker
Centurion, 1898–1916
Born 20 May 1858 in New York (Brooklyn), New York
Died 7 April 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by Eugene A. Hoffman and Charles Warren West
Elected 3 December 1898 at age forty
Proposer of:
Century Memorial
William Augustus Read, a prominent financier, director in many important corporations, and a collector of books.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook