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Walker, George Herbert

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    Her father, George Herbert Walker, had founded one of the Midwest’s first investment banks and became even wealthier heading up the Wall Street investment firm founded by brothers Roland and W. Averell Harriman with money inherited from their father, railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman. In 1921 Bush…

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    Her father, George Herbert Walker, had founded one of the Midwest’s first investment banks and became even wealthier heading up the Wall Street investment firm founded by brothers Roland and W. Averell Harriman with money inherited from their father, railroad magnate Edward Henry Harriman. In 1921 Bush…

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