Samuel Wilson Rutherford
Samuel Wilson Rutherford | |
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| Born | September 15, 1866 Clayton County, Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Died | January 18, 1952 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | America |
| Occupation | Business man |
| Known for | African American pioneer in insurance |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Lemon (1883-1897), Florie Simpson (-1949)[1] |
Samuel Wilson Rutherford was an American business man who founded the National Benefit Insurance Company in Washington, D.C. In 1927, he won the first award and gold medal of the Harmon award, for "his sound management and leadership of his company, which was developed from a small sick benefit association with capital stock in 1898 of $3,000 to a legal reserve life insurance company with $75,000,000 in policies in force."[2]
References
- ^ "Personal - Samuel Wilson Rutherford" (Document). The Journal of African American History (The University of Chicago Press). April 1, 1952. doi:10.1086/JNHv37n2p216.
- ^ Work, Monroe Nathan; Guzman, Jessie Parkhurst (1937). Negro year: An annual encyclopedia of the Negro 1937-1938. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama: Negro Year Book Publishing Co. p. 8.
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