Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-02
Doing Takes Presidency
Financiers Will Leave Hot
Springs Tonight.
ASSOCIATION TO HAVE
Permanent SECRETARY
Hilleary G. Hoskinson Is Given
New Duties, With Title of
Third Vice President.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.
special Correspondent of The Stal


Special Correspondent of The Star.
HOT SPRINGS. Va, June l.-1n-
etallation of officers marked the final
proceedings at The closing business
session of the seventeenth annual con-
vention of the District Bankers Asso-
citation, while the family dinner
here this evening concluded the social
events The party will leave This Vir-
ginia resort late tomorrow evening,
arriving in Washington early Monday
morning.
The annual election of officers to-
day resulted in the choice of Charles
H. Doing, vice president of the Wash
tngton Loan & Trust Co.. president,
succeeding Frederick P. H. Siddons;
Karl w. Corby partner in w. B.
HibbS g. Co.. first vice president,
Thomas J. Groom, wee president and
cashier, Bank of Commerce x Saw
ings. second vice president; Hilleary
G. Hoskinson. vice president, Riggs
National Bank, third vice president,
and Albert S. Galley. vice president,
Lincoln National Bank, treasurer At
torney Frank J. Hogan was again
made association counsel.
Under the new deal adopted BY the
convention, the association is 10 have
permanent secretary. The banker
having that title in the past will start
up the official ladder as third vice
president. According 10 custom. Mr..
Hoskinson, elected to that Office to-
day, will head the association IN four
years.
Mr.. Doing, who advanced to the
presidency today, has been connected
with the Washington Loan g. Trust
Co. since 1900, 5eing placed in charge
of the banks only branch when it was
established in 1917. He is also a
director in the BANK and of several
other corporations, member of the
District bar, past president q the
Institute of BanXing'S chapter and of
the Washington Golf and Country
Club and a memcr o. the University
Club. The new president is married
and has one son, Charles H. Doing, 3D.
Four Elected TO Council.
Four new members were elected to
the Council of Administration, Wilmer
j. Waller, vice president and cashier,
Hamilton National Bank; Francis G..
Addison, jr., president Security Saw
ings and Commercial Bank; Robert
H. Lacey, cashier Columbia National
Bank, and Barnum L. Cotton, real
estate officer, National Savings and
Trust. The other members of the
council are the newly elected officers
and George O. VaSS.
Members of the District Bankers
Association in session as members of
the American Bankers Associa ton,
elected George o. Vass, one of the
vice presidents and cashier of the
Riggs National Bank, as the Wash
ington associations member of the
the Executive Council of the American
Bankers Association. This is enc of
the highest honors in the gift of the
association.
Mr. Vass will succeed H. H. Mckee,
president of the National Capital
Bank, at the end of the A. B. A.
national convention next November
at New Orleans and serve for three
years. Now on the A. B. A. Special
Banking Studies Committee, Mr. Vass
was a member of the National As
sociation's Banking Code Committee
last year. He is past president of
the District Bankers Association and
has held practically all the important
Offices in the organization.
Siddons Given A. B. A. Post.
The retiring president, Mr.. Siddons,
was elected District vice president to
serve the American Bankers Associa-
ton for one year from the opening
of the A. B. A. national convention
in the Fall This honor is always
accorded the local associations re-
firing head.
Four District of Columbia divisional
vice presidents were also chosen. Will
liam v. Simmons. trust officer of the
Liberty National Bank, will serve the
national bank section; S. w. Earn
shaw. cashier Of the East Washington
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