Grant Leslie Thrall

1902 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Grant Leslie Thrall  [1]
  Birth	13 Jan 1902	Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Grant graduated from Troy Conference Academy in 1920, and has a B.S. degree from Colgate University, Theta Chi, followed by further study in economics at Columbia University. Joining the National City Bank of New York, he was sent to England and then to Bombay, India. After four years with the Bank, he joined General Motors India Ltd. on sales work, which kept him in India, Burma and Ceylon for two years In 1930, he entered the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Service and had a tour of duty as a Commerce officer, in Argentina and Uruguay. Meeting Mr. T. C. Ballagh in Buenos Aires, the present firm of Ballagh & Thrall, Inc. was established in 1933, with headquarters in Philadelphia, of which Grant Is Executive Vice President and Chairman. Bandtex International Inc. was formed In 1946 with Grant as President, and later acquired in part by the Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia. He is at present a director of four other companies, past-president of the Foreign Traders Association. He is an Episcopalian, and member of Rotary International, Union League of Philadelphia, Manufacturers Country Club, and Mayflower Descendants, was a Trustee of Green Mountain College, 1953, and a Trustee of Colgate University 1953-1959, also a Trustee and Past President of International House In Philadelphia, is in "Who's Who In the East" 1959 Edition. Grant has traveled a great deal and has been a member of three Government Trade Missions to India, Pakistan and East Africa, also was a Public Member of the State Department Review Board in 1960, and an Inspection Team to Malta, Cyprus and Turkey in 1965. After retirement, Grant was a volunteer with the International Executive Service Corps with tours of duty to Indonesia and Venezuela. [2]
  Person ID	I2740	US Thrall family
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2005

  
  

  Father	Luther Gardner Thrall,   b. 1 Jun 1876, Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA d. 13 Mar 1941, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Elsie May Farr,   b. 28 Apr 1880, Raceville, Washington, New York, USA d. 9 Apr 1944, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1898  [1]
  Family ID	F1011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Simpson   d. Yes, date unknown
  Alt. Marriage	26 Jul 1929  [1]
  Marriage	26 Jul 1930	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Residence	1965	Northwoods, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Address: 309 Woods Road (Glenside PO)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Simpson Thrall m. Russell J Brownback (1954), Frank Warfel Burr (1962) + 2. Leslie Thrall
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 145 (Reliability: 3). [S5] Compiled by D Stephen Thrall., Thrall Genealogy 1630-1965, (Grant Leslie Thrall 1976), 187 (Reliability: 3).