William Goadby Loew

William Goadby Loew (November 3, 1875 - May 23, 1955) was a Manhattan stockbroker and financier. Early life Loew was born on November 3, 1875. He was a son of Julia Frances ( Goadby) Loew and Edward Victor Loew, a lawyer who served as New York City Comptroller. His elder brother, also named Edward Victor Loew, married Catherine Cossitt Dodge, and served in Squadron A of the New York Volunteer Cavalry with their uncle, Arthur M. Goadby, during the Spanish-American War. His paternal grandparents were Frederick J. Loew and Salome ( Schaffner) Loew, both natives of Strasbourg, Germany. His uncle was Frederick William Loew, the twelfth Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (who married Julia Augusta Vanderpoel, daughter of Dock Commissioner Jacob Vanderpoel). His maternal grandparents were Thomas Goadby and Julia ( Stacey) Goadby of Manhattan. Loew graduated from Columbia College in 1897.