Walter E. Cosgriff

Walter Everett Cosgriff (July 4, 1914 – September 1961) was an American banker. He served as the chairman of the Continental Bank and Trust Company and later president of the Bank of Las Vegas. He was the majority shareholder of the Salt Lake Bees, a minority league baseball team in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Early life Walter E. Cosgriff was born on July 4, 1914, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

His father, James E. Cosgriff, was a native of Burlington, Vermont, who moved to Rawlins, Wyoming, in 1890 to raise 100,000 sheep. He later started a bank in Rawlins, and acquired the Commercial National Bank of Salt Lake City in 1905. The J.E. Cosgriff Memorial Catholic School in Salt Lake City was named in his honor.

His mother was Mildred Dobson. He later served as the chairman of the Bank and Trust Company.

Cosgriff was appointed to the board of directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by President Harry S. Truman in 1950. He served on the board from October 1950 to May 4, 1951.

Philanthropy Cosgriff served on the board of regents of the University of Utah. They had a son, Anthony, and two daughters Lyn (who married Harold Isbell), and Trix (who married Rainer Dahl). His funeral was held at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. Shortly after his death, E. Parry Thomas succeeded Cosgriff as the president of the Bank of Las Vegas.