| LC control no. | no 94029160 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Black, Eugene R. (Eugene Robert), 1898-1992 |
| Variant(s) | Black, Eugene R. (Eugene Robert), b. 1898 Black, Eugene Robert, 1898-1992 Black, Gene, 1898-1992 Bilak, Yūjīn, 1898-1992 Blak, Yūjīn, 1898-1992 بلک، يوجين |
| Birth date | 1898-05-01 |
| Death date | 1992-02-20 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Southampton (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Navy Harris, Forbes and Company Chase National Bank of the City of New York World Bank Brookings Institution |
| Profession or occupation | Bankers |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Economic development, 1951: p. 2 (Eugene R. Black, president, IBRD) OCLC database, 8/23/94 (hdg.: Black, Eugene R.; Black, Eugene Robert, 1898-; usage: Eugene R. Black) Wikipedia, September 17, 2013 (Eugene R. Black, Sr.; Eugene "Gene" Robert Black, Sr.; President of the World Bank (formally called the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) from 1949 to 1962; his father, a 1930s Chairman of the Federal Reserve, also named Eugene Robert Black, did not use the "Sr." suffix; Gene's son (the third in line) became Eugene Robert Black, Jr.; born May 1, 1898 in Atlanta, Georgia; A.B., University of Georgia, 1917; enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I and was assigned to convoy duty in the North Atlantic; upon leaving the Navy after the War, he joined the investment firm of Harris, Forbes, & Co.; in 1933, he was hired by the Chase National Bank to be their vice-president; he went on to become the senior vice-president of Chase National's investment portfolio; he became the executive director of the World Bank in 1947; when the Bank's President, John J. McCloy, resigned in 1949, Black, against his will, became the President of the Bank; from 1962 to 1968, Black was chairman of the Brookings Institution; President Johnson selected Black in 1966 to be Special Adviser to the President on Southeast Asian Social and Economic Development; Black also served on a number of boards for corporations and foundations; he died February 20, 1992 in Southampton, L.I.) Dīplumāsī-i rushd-i iqtiṣādī, 1962: t.p. (يوجين بلک = Yūjīn Blak [part. voc.]) |
| Associated language | eng |
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