Wayne Chatfield-Taylor was Under Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

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The son of author Hobart Chatfield-Taylor and grandson of Senator Charles B. Farwell

Charles B. Farwell

Charles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ...

, he was a graduate of St. Mark's School

St. Mark's School

St. Mark’s School is a coeducational, Episcopal, preparatory school, situated on in Southborough, Massachusetts, from Boston. It was founded in 1865 as an all-boys' school by Joseph Burnett, a wealthy native of Southborough who developed and marketed the world-famous Burnett Vanilla Extract . ...

 and of Yale University

Yale University

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, Chatfield-Taylor was the president of the Export-Import Bank of Washington from 1945-46. Chatfield-Taylor built the noted Lake Forest

Lake Forest, Illinois

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, Illinois

Illinois

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 mansion "Bluff's Edge".

Later economic advisor to Paul G. Hoffman in setting up the European Cooperation Administration, Chatfield-Taylor was also economic advisor to the European Recovery Program after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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