Businessman, Philanthropist. son of trustee Cornelius Newton Bliss. He graduated from Harvard in 1897 and joined his father's firm, Bliss Fabyan & Co., where he was chairman until 1932. He also succeeded him as chairman of the Republican National Committee, during the ill-fated candidacy of Charles Evan Hughes. In World War I he was a member of President Wilson's War Council, and in World War II, was chairman of the Red Cross advisory council on war activities. He was a director of the Bankers Trust Company and of the New York Life Insurance Company, and an honorary Governor of New York Hospital. (Cornelius Bliss, 74, Financier, Is Dead. New York Times, Apr. 6, 1949.) He was a director of the Bankers Trust since at least 1917. He was a $1000 donor to the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1927. ($50,000 to Cancer Society. New York Times, Feb. 20, 1927.) He was a trustee of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1937.
Businessman, Philanthropist. son of trustee Cornelius Newton Bliss. He graduated from Harvard in 1897 and joined his father's firm, Bliss Fabyan & Co., where he was chairman until 1932. He also succeeded him as chairman of the Republican National Committee, during the ill-fated candidacy of Charles Evan Hughes. In World War I he was a member of President Wilson's War Council, and in World War II, was chairman of the Red Cross advisory council on war activities. He was a director of the Bankers Trust Company and of the New York Life Insurance Company, and an honorary Governor of New York Hospital. (Cornelius Bliss, 74, Financier, Is Dead. New York Times, Apr. 6, 1949.) He was a director of the Bankers Trust since at least 1917. He was a $1000 donor to the American Society for the Control of Cancer in 1927. ($50,000 to Cancer Society. New York Times, Feb. 20, 1927.) He was a trustee of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1937.
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