Seymour H. Knox II
| Seymour H. Knox II | |
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Seymour Knox III, II, and IV in front of Portrait of Seymour H. Knox
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| Chancellor of the University of Buffalo Acting |
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In office July 1 – August 31, 1954 |
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| Preceded by | T.R. McConnell |
| Succeeded by | Clifford Furnas |
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September 1, 1898 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | September 27, 1990 (aged 92) |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Northrup |
| Children | Seymour Horace Knox III and Northrup Rand Knox |
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| Alma mater | Yale University (1920) |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Awards | National Medal of Arts (1986) |
Seymour Horace Knox II (September 1, 1898 – September 27, 1990) was a Buffalo, New York philanthropist and polo player. The son of wealthy businessman Seymour H. Knox, he owned a palatial home designed by C. P. H. Gilbert.
He was born on September 1, 1898 to Grace Millard Knox (1862–1936) and Seymour H. Knox I (1861–1915), who merged his chain of five-and-dime stores with those of his first cousins, Frank Winfield Woolworth and Charles Woolworth, to form the F. W. Woolworth Company in 1912. Knox was one of three children born to Seymour and Grace:
Knox attended Nichols School in Buffalo and the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. He was a 1920 graduate of Yale University. At Yale he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
In 1921, upon graduation from Yale, Knox became a Marine Midland Bank director. In 1926, he became vice-president, followed by chairman in 1943 until 1970. He joined the F. W. Woolworth board in 1926 and was chairman from 1943 until reaching the mandatory retirement age forty-five years later in 1971. He became Chairman of The University at Buffalo's governing Council from 1950-69. Knox served on the board of directors of Marine Midland Bank, F. W. Woolworth Company, New York Central Railroad, Penn Central Railroad, and the American Steamship Company.
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