Thomas Cochran

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Thomas Cochran (March 20, 1871 - October 29, 1936) was an American banker.

Cochran was the son of a lawyer and real-estate broker in New York and St. Paul. He was educated at Andover and Yale, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones society.

He was vice-president of the Astor Trust Company from 1906 till 1914 and president of the Liberty National Bank of New York from 1914 to 1916.

He became a partner in J.P. Morgan & Company in 1917.

In 1931, Cochran funded the creation of the Addison Gallery of American Art at his former school, Phillips Andover.

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