POOL, Marvin B. 1869-1950

POOL, PHILIP, YOUNG

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 10/5/2002 at 10:08:42

The Clinton Herald Monday April 17, 1950 p. 12 Marvin B. Pool, former Clinton merchant, who later became a director of the Chicago National bank and was a national director of the department of supplies in Washington, D.C., died during the weekend in California of a heart attack. The body will be returned to Clinton for burial in Springdale cemetery Wednesday. Mr. Pool was born in Janesville, Wis., Aug. 21, 1869. He started in the retail merchandising business in Clinton in 1888 and in 1900 associated with Butler brothers, Chicago. He retired from active business in 1940. He was a leader in the movement which culminated in the forming of the Industrial club of Chicago. Out of this same movement the Chicago Morris plan was organized. It later became known as the Personal Loan and Savings bank of which Mr. Pool was executive committee chairman and director. At the time of his death he was director of the Chicago National bank. As a member of the American Red Cross he served on the requirements committee of the War Industries board during World War I. He was a member of the Chicago club, Commercial club, Onwentsia Society of Colonial Wars and governing member of the Glenwood School for Boys. Surviving are his widow, a son Philip, and a daughter, Dorothy - the daughter of Grace Young Pool of Clinton, who died in 1907.