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George F. Crane

Banker

Centurion, 1914–1933

Full Name George Francis Crane

Born 21 April 1852 in Boston, Massachusetts

Died 24 September 1933 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Saint James the Less Episcopal Church Cemetery, Scarsdale, New York

Proposed by Charles S. Fairchild and Julian Alden Weir

Elected 7 March 1914 at age sixty-one

Century Memorial

By vocation George Francis Crane was an investment banker, but during nearly thirty years he had been identified with the management of Trinity Church corporation. It has been said that, during his administration as comptroller of the Trinity property, $5,000,000 of accumulated debt was paid off and a reserve of $1,500,000 accumulated.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1934 Century Association Yearbook