Charles J. Rhoads 1872-1956

• Published date: 01 March 1956
• Date: 01 March 1956
• DOI: 10.1177/000271625630400101
• Subject Matter: Articles

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CHARLES

J.

RHOADS

1872-1956

The

Academy

lost

one

of

its

oldest

friends

by

the

death

of

Charles

James

Rhoads

on

January

2,

1956.

Mr.

Rhoads

was

elected

Treasurer

of

our

organization

upon

the death

of

Mr.

Stuart

Wood

in

1914

and

re-

mained

in

that

office

for

more

than

forty-one

years,

giving

unselfishly

of

his

time

and

great

financial

acumen

to

the

successful

management

of

the

funds

of

the

Academy.

When

he

accepted

the

treasurership

he

had

already

had

a

distinguished

career as

an

officer

of

the

Girard

Trust

Company

of

Philadelphia

and had

just

become

the

first

Governor

of

the

Federal

Reserve

Bank

of

Philadelphia,

an

office

he

held

until

the

end

of

World

War

I,

when

he

was

elected

President

of

the

Central

National

Bank.

In

1929,

President

Hoover

called

him

to

the

important

post

of

Commissioner

of

Indian

Affairs,

which

he

filled

until

1933.

His

interest

in

philanthropy

and

education

was

shown

in

his

work

with

the

Ameri-

can Friends

Service

Committee

during

World

War

I,

his

chairmanship

of

the

Philadelphia

County

Relief

Board,

and

his

work

as

trustee

of

Bryn

Mawr

College

and

of

the

American-Scandinavian

Foundation,

to

mention

but

a

few

of

such

positions

which

he

held

either

at

his

death

or

earlier.

Mr.

Rhoads

has

left

a

place

on

the

Board

of

Directors

which

he

oc-

cupied

with

great

devotion,

and

a

keen

sense

of

the

obligation

and

trust

which

it

involved.