Francis Abott Goodhue Jr. (June 14, 1883 – June 1963) was an American banker who was the president of the Bank of the Manhattan Company from 1931 to 1948.
Early life
Goodhue was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on June 14, 1883. He was a son of Francis Abott Goodhue (1847–1905) and Elizabeth Johnson (née Cushing) Goodhue. His siblings were Lawrence Cushing Goodhue (husband of Gertrude Munroe Smith, a daughter of Prof. Munroe Smith and granddaughter of Gen. Henry S. Huidekoper) and Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue (wife of Claude Fuess, Headmaster of Phillips Academy). His paternal grandparents were Samuel Goodhue and Mary Caroline (née Williams) Goodhue.
After graduating from Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he attended Harvard College where he graduated in 1906, followed by one year at Harvard Law School.
Career
In 1907, Goodhue began his banking career as a messenger with First National Bank of Boston. He became president of the Brookline Trust Company in 1912 a year before he was named vice president of the First National Bank of Boston and engaged in foreign banking activities. In 1917, he established a branch of the bank in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1919, while at First National, he "inspired the formation" of the French American Banking Corporation of New York, serving as a director.
