William Gage Brady Jr. (December 20, 1887 – October 9, 1966) was a chairman of the National City Bank of New York, a predecessor of

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Biography

Brady was born in New York City on December 20, 1887, to William Gage Brady Sr. (1856–1917). He attended Trinity School and received a B.A. in 1908 from

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. He married Marion N. Kennedy. He worked at

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until 1914. He then went to work at National City Bank. He was in charge of domestic operations in 1938, president in 1940, and chairman in 1948. He died on October 9, 1966, at Memorial Mission Hospital in

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