KEITH FUNSTON
Name: George Keith Funston
Born: 1910 Waterloo, Iowa, USA
Died: 1992
Business executive and college president, born in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. A banker's
son, he worked his way through Trinity College and Harvard Business School
before becoming a salesman for American Radiator, and later, Sylvania. In 1945-1951
he was president of Trinity College (Hartford, CT), where he managed to increase
the college endowment by 50 per cent. He led the New York Stock Exchange through
a period of revival and sustained expansion (1951-1967) before ending a varied
career as part-time chairman of the Olin Mathieson Chemical Co (1967-1972).
Name: George Keith Funston
Born: 1910 Waterloo, Iowa, USA
Died: 1992
Business executive and college president, born in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. A banker's
son, he worked his way through Trinity College and Harvard Business School
before becoming a salesman for American Radiator, and later, Sylvania. In 1945-1951
he was president of Trinity College (Hartford, CT), where he managed to increase
the college endowment by 50 per cent. He led the New York Stock Exchange through
a period of revival and sustained expansion (1951-1967) before ending a varied
career as part-time chairman of the Olin Mathieson Chemical Co (1967-1972).