Walter E. Cosgriff
| Walter E. Cosgriff | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Walter Everett Cosgriff July 4, 1914 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | September 1961 (aged 47) Nevada, U.S. |
| Cause of death | car accident |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse(s) | Lula Enid Barr |
| Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
| Parent(s) | James E. Cosgriff Mildred Dobson |
Walter E. Cosgriff (July 4, 1914 – September 1961) was an American banker. He served as the chairman of the Continental Bank and Trust Company and later president of the Bank of Las Vegas. He was the majority shareholder of the Salt Lake Bees, a minority league baseball team in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Walter E. Cosgriff was born on July 4, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
His father, James E. Cosgriff, was a native of Burlington, Vermont who moved to Rawlins, Wyoming in 1890 to raise 100,000 sheep. He later started a bank in Rawlins, and acquired the Commercial National Bank of Salt Lake City in 1905. When it merged with the National Bank of the Republic in 1920, it became known as the Continental Bank and Trust Company, of whose Cosgriff was the president until January 1938 and chairman until his death in September 1938. The J.E. Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School in Salt Lake City was named in his honor.
His mother was Mildred Dobson.
Cosgriff followed in his father's footsteps as a banker. Shortly after his father's death in October 1938, he was appointed as a board member and first vice president of the First National Bank of Rawlins, Wyoming. He later served as the chairman of the Bank and Trust Company. By 1954, he owned banks in "Salt Lake City, Richfield and Bountiful, Utah; Colorado Springs, Meeker and Rifle, Colorado; Boise, Richfield, Whitney, New Plymouth, Caldwell, Wilder, Idaho Falls, Marsing, Homedale and Bruneau, Idaho; Beverly, Kansas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Long Beach, California, and Evanston, Wyoming". It had US$200 million of assets under management.
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