Eugene Robert Black

Eugene Robert Black I (January 7, 1873 – December 19, 1934) was an American attorney and businessman who served as the 6th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1933 to 1934. Before and after his term as chairman, Black also served as the governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta from 1928 to 1933 and again from August 1934 until his death in December of the same year.

Personal life In 1897, he married Gussie Grady, the daughter of Henry W. Grady, the Atlanta journalist and orator. They had a son, Eugene Robert Black II. Black died of a heart attack on December 19, 1934, in Atlanta, Georgia.