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George E. Ide

President, Home Life Insurance Company

Centurion, 1915–1919

Full Name George Edward Ide

Born 10 May 1860 in New York (Brooklyn), New York

Died 9 July 1919 in Locust Valley, New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by Robert C. Ogden and James Carroll Beckwith

Elected 6 March 1915 at age fifty-four

Century Memorial

George Edward Ide was one of our New York business men with whom an excellent educational training was turned to good account. It was always his ambition to make the most of such advantages; which, combined with his wide acquaintance and his experiences of travel, gave him the faculty of entertaining companionship. In his vocation of insurance he rose at the age of thirty-four to the presidency of the Home Life Company, which he held until his death, along with directorships in half a dozen other fiduciary institutions of the city. To this work he brought clearness of view on financial questions, very considerable knowledge of investments, and a high degree of ability as executive and organizer.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1920 Century Association Yearbook