[Letter from Roland C. Irvine to Robert A. Vineyard, October 16, 1956] Page: 1 of 2
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lyr e Taror Manhattun 3 ext.
WORKEDW BANKING
EIGHTEEN PINE STREET t ark
NEW YORK 15, N. Y.
ROLAND C. IRVINE October 16, 1956
VICE PRESIDENT
Mr. Robert A. Vineyard, Vice President,
United States National Bank,
Galveston, Texas.
Dear Bob:
Immediately after talking with you yesterday I dispatched a
cablegram to Mr. William H. Reese, Vice President of our Paris Branch,
advising him of Mr. Kempnert s death. I requested Mr. Reese to im-
mediately contact Mrs. Kempner, the sister Miss Gladys Kempner, or the
daughter Mrs. Oakley Thorne at the Hotel Plaza Athenee, and to offer
to be of every possible assistance to them in connection with the ar-
rangements.
I wish you would please check with Mr. Ike or Mr. Lee to
ascertain if they would like to have us have two of our Personal
Service Department representatives meet the Liberte when it arrives
next week, to expedite the clearance of customs, and perhaps they
would need hotel reservations made here in New York or could possibly
be in need of some additional funds. You know we want to do every-
thing we can to help the Kempner family when they arrive from Abroad.
I am leaving tomorrow morning for Los Angeles to attend the
A.B.A. Convention and will not return until October 31. My associates
have been posted and will do everything they can to cooperate.
I have always thought a great deal of the Kempner family and
have felt particularly close to Dan. We had a great deal in common be-
cause Mrs. Kempner, who is one of the prettiest women I have ever met,
was reared at Paragould, Arkansas and I was born and raised in Little
Rock. I can look back upon many pleasant visits I have had with Dan
through the years. He was a sound, constructive business man, and a
real student and was exceedingly well informed on international as well
as domestic problems. With his countless other friends to whom he had
endeared himself, I shall mourn his passing.
May I extend to you and to the other boys in the bank, my
heartfelt sympathy. I will await your further advices if we can be
helpful in any way.
Sincerely yours,
W'T .7u
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Irvine, Roland C. [Letter from Roland C. Irvine to Robert A. Vineyard, October 16, 1956], letter, October 16, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1401201/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.