Albert C. Simmonds Jr.

Albert Carleton Simmonds Jr. (August 15, 1902 – June 21, 1963) was an American banker.

Early life Simmonds was born on June 21, 1963, at Simmesport in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He was the eldest child of Albert Carleton Simmonds (1871–1930) and Nonie Adela ( Butler) Simmonds (1875–1963). His paternal grandparents were Henry Simmonds and Mary Eliza ( Reily) Simmonds. His maternal grandparents were Confederate soldier Thomas Callaham Butler and, his first wife, Jane ( Robinette) Butler. He taught history for a year at the high school in Thomasville, Georgia before attending Harvard University, where he graduated with a Master of Business Administration in 1925. In 1957, he became chief executive officer and chairman of the bank, serving until his death in 1963. In 1960 and 1961, he was president of the New York State Bankers Association.

Simmonds also served as a trustee, or director, of the Greenwich Savings Bank, the North American Reassurance Company, the Celotex Corporation, the American Casualty Insurance Company, North American Reinsurance Corporation, the Borden Company, the Valley Forge Life Insurance Company, and the Valley Forge Insurance Company. They lived together at Indian Trail in Harrison, New York and were the parents of: he married Barbara Smith. Diane Deblois Simmonds (1934–1934), who died in infancy.