Harold Stanley was an American businessman and one of the founders of Morgan Stanley in 1935.
14 Facts About Harold Stanley
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Harold Stanley was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the son of William Harold Stanley, Jr.
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William was an inventor with General Electric for whom the Harold Stanley Works building was named in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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Harold Stanley graduated from the Hotchkiss School in 1904 and Yale University in 1908.
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Harold Stanley was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society.
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In 1927, Morgan invited Harold Stanley to become a partner in his firm, replacing Dwight Morrow, who became the United States Ambassador to Mexico.
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Harold Stanley was influential in his testimony in the 1940s successfully defending the industry against government charges that it was anti-competitive.
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Harold Stanley married Edith Thurston, daughter of William Harris Thurston, in 1914.
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Harold Stanley died in 1934, and he married Louise Todd, widow of Seymour Parker Gilbert, in 1934.
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Harold Stanley had stepchildren, but no children from either of his marriages.
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Harold Stanley resided at 4 East 72nd Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City and died in Philadelphia in 1963.
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Harold Stanley was a member of the Links Club of New York, the National Golf Club, the Racquet and Tennis Club, and the Yale Club.
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Harold Stanley was a director of many companies including the Shell Caribbean Petroleum Corporation.
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Harold Stanley played ice hockey at Yale University between 1906 and 1908 and later on the St Nicholas Hockey Club in the American Amateur Hockey League.