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Birth | 1 August 1857 | |
Death | 24 October 1946 (aged 89 years) |
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Edward Fletcher Swinney (August 1, 1857 - October 24, 1946) was a prominent businessman and banker in the early twentieth century. Swinney served as president of the American Bankers Association and later as president of the First National Bank of Kansas City (now a part of the Bank of America). Swinney served on the Kansas City School Board from 1896 until 1918.
Swinney was also a philanthropist who created, in 1944, the Edward F. Swinney Trust whose mission is "to be used for the furtherance and development of such public charitable and public educational purposes in the State of Missouri". The Swinney Recreation Center bears his name.