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Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Biography of New York: A Life Record of Men and Women Whose Sterling Character and Energy and Industry Have Made Them Preeminent in Their Own and Many Other States
He was chosen after his return from Ja pan president of the National Commercial Bank of Albany, a high position he held until his death in 1882. He was Vice-prem dent of the Albany Savings Bank; trustee of the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York City; trustee of Rutgers College; pres ident of Dudley Observatory; vice-president of the Albany Medical School; on the exec utive committee of State Normal College; member of Albany Institute; president of the Young Men's Association in 1838; a governor of the Fort Orange Club, and a thirty-second degree member of the Masonic order, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He received the degree A. M. From Rutgers College in 1865, and led. From Williams College. Robert H. Pruyn married, November I, 1841, Jane Ann Lansing, born June 28, 181 1, daughter of Gerrit Yates and Helen (ten Eyck) Lansing. Two of their sons, Robert C. And Charlie L., became prominent in city business life, the last named passing away July 7, 1906. This review follows the ca reer of the older son, Robert C. Pruyn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
