About Joseph A. Erickson
Lived 1896 – 1983 (aged 86–87). Joseph A. Erickson was a military personnel.
Joseph Austin Erickson (January 8, 1896 – March 14, 1983) was an American bank executive who served as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 1948 to 1961.
Early life Erickson was born on January 8, 1896, in Lynn, Massachusetts to Emil Svante Erickson and Anna (Jacobson) Erickson. In 1948 he was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. His twelve years of service make him the second-longest serving president in the Boston Fed's history.
Personal life Erickson and his wife, Esther Reece Stevens, had three children.
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American bank executive
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Joseph A. Erickson died in 1983.
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Joseph A. Erickson was a military personnel.
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