BIO: George E. Becker; Buffalo, Erie, Co., NY

transcribed by W. David Samuelsen for USGenWeb Archives

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced 
in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or 
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must 
obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal 
representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb 
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission 
to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.
http://www.usgwarchives.org
***********************************************************************

History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genesee and
Orleans Counties.
Lewis Historical Pub. Company, pub. about 1947 (?)
Vol. 3 Biographies

GEORGE E. BECKER
Active in Buffalo business life. George E. Becker is president and a director
of the Marine-Midland Group, Inc.

Mr. Becker was born June 17, 1885, in Buffalo, New York, son of George J. and
Matilda (Mosbach) Becker.

Public schools of Buffalo provided George E. Becker's early formal education,
and he completed his studies at Masten-Park High School. In 1901 he entered
the Marine Bank of Buffalo as a messenger, rising through the different grades
of service with that banking institution until he was made president of the
Marine-Midland Group in 1929, as well as a member of its board of directors.
For some years before taking this office he was vice-president of the Marine
Trust Company.

In addition to his other business affiliations, Mr. Becker is a director of
the Union Trust Company, of Rochester, and of the Dures Plastics Chemical
Company, Inc., of Tonawanda. He is also a member of the Buffalo Chamber of
Commerce and is widely active in civic and social life. He belongs to the
Buffalo Club.

In Buffalo, New York. George E. Becker marned Louise Michael, and they became
the parents of the following children: 1. Elwood, a graduate of the University
of Buffalo. 2. Martha Louise, a graduate of the University of Michigan. 3.
Irene Alice, a graduate of the University of Indiana. 4. George G. Becker, Jr.
All four were born in Buffalo. There are also two grandchildren, Barbara Ann
and Elwood Becker, Jr. The Beckers live in Eggersville.