NFTC Celebrates Centennial World Trade Dinner
"The NFTC Story" Artwork
NFTC 100 Historic Timeline
Centennial Events
Honors and Awards
Past NFTC Presidents and Chairmen
This Week in Trade History
President Woodrow Wilson Address
Founding Members (1914)
NFTC Convention 1914 Attendees



Founding Members (1914)


Founding Members of the National Foreign Trade Council (1914)
  • Chairman: James A. Farrell, President, United States Steel Corporation, New York
  • Sam D. Capen, President, Business's Men's League, St. Louis Missouri
  • J. A. G. Carson, Vice-President, Lackawanna Steel Company, New York
  • Walter L. Clark, Vice-President, Niles-Bement-Pond Company, New York
  • Samuel P. Colt, President, United States Rubber Company, Providence
  • Maurice Coster, Foreign Manager, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, New York
  • Robert Dollar, President, Robert Dollar Steamship Company, San Francisco
  • John F. Fitzgerald, Chairman, Foreign Trade Committee, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Boston
  • P. A. S. Franklin, Vice-President, International Mercantile Marine, New York
  • Hon. Lloyd C. Griscom, New York
  • Fairfaix Harrison, President, Southern Railway, Washington, D. C.
  • H. G. Herget, President, Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Chicago
  • James J. Hill, Chairman of the Board, Great Northern Railway, St. Paul
  • E. N. Hurley, President, Hurley Machine Company, Chicago
  • Chas E. Jennings, President, American Manufacturers Export Association, New York
  • Alba B. Johnson, President, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia
  • D. W. Kempner, Galveston Cotton Exchange, Galveston
  • Cyrus H. McCormick, President, International Harvester Corporation, Chicago
  • Barton Meyers, President, Chamber of Commerce, Norfolk
  • Chas M. Muchnic, Foreign Manager, American Locomotive Company, New York
  • A. H. Mulliken Jr., President, Pettibone-Mulliken Company, Chicago
  • M.A. Oudin, Foreign Manager, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
  • William Pigott, Vice-President, Seattle Car & Foundry Company, Seattle
  • Geo. M. Reynolds, President, Continental and Commercial National Bank, Chicago
  • Welding Ring, Former President, New York Produce Exchange, New York
  • John D. Ryan, President, Amalgamated Copper Company, New York
  • W. L. Saunders, President, Ingersoll-Rand Company, New York
  • Charles A. Schieren, Jr., President, Charles A. Schieren Company, New York
  • W. D. Simmons, President, Simmons Hardware Company, St. Louis
  • Ellison A. Smyth, President, Pelzer Cotton Mills, Greenville, S. C.
  • Willard Straight. President, American Asiatic Association, New York
  • Stewart K. Taylor, Mobile Chamber of Commerce, Mobile
  • E. P. Thomas, President, United States Steel Products Company, New York
  • F. A. Vanderlip, President, National City Bank, New York
  • Secretary of the Council: Robert H. Patchin