MR. OTTO KAHN

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 11

MR. OTTO KAHN

SUDDEN DEATH IN NEW YORK

AMEEICAN FINANCIEE

United Tress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, March 29. •' Mr. Otto Kahn, the international financier, aiid, after Mr. J. P. Morgan, the best-known American banker, died today whilo at luncheon in his firm's dining-room, Wall Street.

Ho suddenlybecamc ill. Officials and attendants rushed to his side, but he died almost immediately. Ostensibly death was due to a stroke of apoplexy. He was apparently enjoying excellent health. Only last night he was a guest at a dinner in honour of Sir George Paish, where' ho took a lively part in the conversation and was in notably good spirits. ..-.--.

Mr. Otto Hermann Kahh, a native of Mannheim, Germany, was born in 1867. He was educated at a German university, devoting himself to the study of banking, and for five years he was connected with a London branch of the Deutsche Bank. In , 1893 he went to the United: States and from that date resided in New York. From 1897 he was a member of the firm of Kulm, Loeb, and Co., and founded a largo fortune. He'was a director of the Lps Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Co., and a trustee of Rutgers College. He was also chairman of the New York Chamber of Commerce committee on finance and currency. A' benefactor of art, ho was a trustee of tho French Art Museum and an adviser of the Now York Regional An Council. Ho held decorations from many countries and honorary degrees from several universities. One of his notable gifts was the St. Dunstan's Villa in London for' the u'so of blinded soldiers.