Gordon B. Hanlon

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Gordon B. Hanlon was an American stockbroker from Boston.

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Early life

Hanlon was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Suffolk Law School and Harvard Business School. He broke his leg skiing which kept him out of active military service during World War II. [1] [2]

Business career

Hanlon was proprietor and owner of Gordon B. Hanlon & Company, a securities broker dealer. On October 1, 1941, he purchased controlling interest of the Aldred Investment Trust at a public auction. [3]

Suffolk Downs

On February 20, 1944, the Aldred Investment Trust purchased a majority of the voting stock in Eastern Racing Association, Inc, which operated Suffolk Downs. Hanlon was elected president of the Eastern Racing Association that same day. Hanlon purchased the track strictly for business reasons, not because he was interested in the sport. [1] [2]

On May 19, 1944, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had filed a complaint in federal court accusing Hanlon his fellow directors of the Aldred Investment Trust of gross abuse of the trust, including drastically changing the investment policy of the trust without giving adequate notice to security holders by purchasing stock in the Eastern Racing Association, keeping the trust insolvent since 1937, operating at a loss since 1939, and paying the directors large salaries. It asked the court to appoint a receiver to liquidate the trust's assets and distribute them to creditors. [4] On January 19, 1945, Judge George Clinton Sweeney found Hanlon and five other Aldred officials guilty of gross abuse of the trust. [5] On April 24, 1945, the Eastern Racing Association elected Allan J. Wilson to succeed Hanlon as track president, although he had not exercised any power since the receivers took over the trust. [6] The track was sold to a group led by John C. Pappas at a public auction on May 1, 1946. [7]

Bannwart estate

Hanlon served as the executor of the estate of Emilie T. Bannwart. Hanlon was to receive the bulk of the will after the death of Bannwart's brother. The will was contested by another brother, Alexander Bannwart, and the Community Church of Boston, who were disinherited. The parties reached an agreement in which Hanlon received $19,500 outright and was removed as executor. [8]

Personal life and death

Hanlon was married to artist and Harvard art historian Marguerite Pote Hanlon. Their daughter was figure skater Lorraine Hanlon. [9]

Hanlon died on November 15, 1973, at his home in Boston. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Associated Press (February 20, 1944). "G.B. Hanlon New Head of Suffolk Downs As He and Associates Buy Large Interest". New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Welch, Eddie (February 20, 1944). "Gordon Hanlon Heads Suffolk Downs Board". The Boston Daily Globe.
  3. ↑ "Securities and Exchange Com'n v. Aldred Inv. Trust". Leagle. Leagle, Inc. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "SEC Accuses Aldred Trustees In Suffolk Race Track Purchase". The New York Times. May 20, 1944.
  5. ↑ "Trust Aides Held Guilty of Abuses". The New York Times. January 20, 1945.
  6. ↑ Welch, Eddie (April 25, 1945). "Allan Wilson Named Suffolk President". The Boston Daily Globe.
  7. ↑ "$3,600,000 Bid Buys Suffolk Control". New York Times. May 2, 1946.
  8. ↑ "Accord Reached Over $100,000 Bannwart Estate". The Boston Daily Globe. November 24, 1951.
  9. ↑ Kaese, Harold (January 10, 1964). "Tina, Lorraine Vie in Figures For 1st Time". The Boston Globe.
  10. ↑ "Obituaries". The Boston Globe. November 15, 1973.
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