Ralph B. Ives
American businessman
About Ralph B. Ives
Lived 1873 – 1934 (aged 60).
Ralph B. Ives (January 17, 1873 – January 2, 1934) was chairman and president of the Aetna Fire Co. of Hartford from 1923 until September 1933, when he retired because of ill health.
He was born in Hartford and began working for Aetna as a clerk in 1904. He was chairman of the New England Insurance Exchange in 1910 and 1911. He became a vice president of Aetna in 1919, running their Western department from Chicago until 1923, when he succeeded William B. Clark as president of Aetna.
He married Edith King on November 3, 1897, and they had a son and two daughters.
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Who was Ralph B. Ives?
American businessman
When was Ralph B. Ives born?
Ralph B. Ives was born on 17 January 1873.
When did Ralph B. Ives die?
Ralph B. Ives died on 2 January 1934.
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