Frank L. Gillespie

CTL-E-0884 · Person · active 1919+

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Insurance executive who headed the investment group that incorporated Supreme Life Insurance Company in Chicago in 1919.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005, BCI-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BCI-001:frank-gillespie, CTL-DR-BVM-005:person-frank-gillespie; source research type(s): person.

Sources

Cambridge University Press — Business History Review, 'Supreme Life: The History of a Negro Life Insurance Company, 1919–1962'
Chicago Landmarks designation; Business History Review

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