Ray M. Gidney

Ray Gidney
20th Comptroller of the Currency
In office April 16, 1953 – November 15, 1961
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Preston Delano
Succeeded by	James J. Saxon
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
In office November 1, 1944 – April 16, 1953
Preceded by	Matthew Fleming
Succeeded by	Wilbur Fulton
Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
In office September 6, 1957 - September 17, 1957
Preceded by	Henry E. Cook
Succeeded by	Jesse P. Wolcott
Personal details
Born	Ray Millard Gidney (1887-01-17)January 17, 1887 Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Died	October 21, 1978(1978-10-21) (aged 91) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA)

Ray Millard Gidney (January 17, 1887 – October 21, 1978) was a United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1953 to 1961.^[1][2]

Ray M. Gidney was named Comptroller by President Dwight D. Eisenhower after a long and distinguished career in banking. He served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland prior to his appointment from 1944 to 1953^[3]

Gidney was known for the quiet and competent manner in which he ran the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He resigned to accept a position with a large bank in Jacksonville, Florida.

References

1. "Current Biography Yearbook". 1953.
2. Hicks, Sidney A. (2007). The Loyalist Gidney Diaspora. S.A. Hicks. ISBN 9780973944716.
3. "Ray M. Gidney, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland". December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

External links

• Statements and Speeches of Ray M. Gidney from 1947 to 1952.
• A collection of works by Ray Gidney

Other offices
Preceded by Matthew Fleming	President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 1944–1953	Succeeded by Wilbur Fulton