George B. Oates
George B. Oates was born in Toronto, Canada. His family moved to the United States in 1888. After losing his father at an early age, Oates was raised by his mother and grandmother in Georgia. As a boy, he worked as a telegraph messenger to help earn money for his family.
He arrived in Pittsburgh around 1915 as a bond salesman for Philadelphia investment bankers Graham Parsons & Co.
Oates joined Dollar Bank in November 1935 as assistant to president Francis S. Guthrie, overseeing investment securities. Oates remained in that office after Charles Chubb succeeded to the presidency, and was elected president by the board of trustees in 1949.
He and his wife, Helen McCreery Oates, had one daughter, Mary. They lived on Solway Street in Squirrel Hill.
He arrived in Pittsburgh around 1915 as a bond salesman for Philadelphia investment bankers Graham Parsons & Co.
Oates joined Dollar Bank in November 1935 as assistant to president Francis S. Guthrie, overseeing investment securities. Oates remained in that office after Charles Chubb succeeded to the presidency, and was elected president by the board of trustees in 1949.
He and his wife, Helen McCreery Oates, had one daughter, Mary. They lived on Solway Street in Squirrel Hill.