William Rogers Coe (March 1901 – May 26, 1971) was an American banker and railroad executive.
Overview
William Rogers Coe (March 1901 – May 26, 1971) was an American banker and railroad executive.
Early life
William Rogers Coe was born in March 1901 in Manhattan. He was the first of four children born to Mai Huttleston Rogers Coe and William Robertson Coe. His younger siblings included Robert Douglas Coe (who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark), philanthropist Henry Huttleston Rogers Coe, and Natalie Mai Coe who became the Countess Vitetti after she married Commendatore Leonardo Vitetti, the Italian Ambassador to France.
He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He then attended Princeton University and the United States Naval Academy.
Career
