Fred Roe

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Fred•Roe, Sr.
Used name	Fred•Roe
Born	18 January 1889 in Robert Lee, Texas (USA)
Died	6 May 1968 in Robert Lee, Texas (USA)
NOC	United States

Medals	OG
Gold	0
Silver	1
Bronze	0
Total	1

Biography

Educated at Yale and the Harvard Business School, Fred Roe went into investment banking. He was a founder and senior partner of the investment counselors Stein, Roe, & Farnham. The company was founded in 1932 in Chicago, Illinois and survived into the 21st Century. In 2003 it was merged into BofA Advisors, an affiliate company of Bank of America.

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1924 Summer Olympics	Polo	USA			Fred Roe
	Polo, Men (Olympic)	United States	2	Silver

Errata

First name is not Frederick. Some family trees give middle name as Lee, but this is not supported by official documents, where his middle name field is either striked out or contains entry (none). His son's name was given as Fred Lee Roe, Jr., though, by official documents.