Ray M. Gidney was a United States

United States

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 Comptroller of the Currency from 1953 to 1961.

Ray M. Gidney was named Comptroller by President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

 after a long and distinguished career in banking. He served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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 prior to his appointment.

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

Jacksonville, Florida

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