Ernesta G. Procope

Ernesta G. Procope (born 1931) is an American investment banker and insurance executive. She founded the commercial insurance brokerage form E. G. Bowman, Inc. in 1953, naming it after her husband who had died the previous year.[1] In 1977, E. G. Bowman became the first African American owned business to be located on Wall Street.[2] She was also the chairperson of the board of directors at Adelphi University. An investigation of the school's finances showed that it was a customer of E. G. Bowman.[3] For this conflict of interest, she, the president, and sixteen other members of the board were removed from their posts.[4]

References
  1. Jessie Carney Smith (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-57859-424-5.
  2. Ernesta G. Procope, The HistoryMakers, June 13, 2006. Accessed July 5, 2020.
  3. Lambert, Bruce (September 24, 1996). "Chairwoman of Adelphi's Board Is Accused of Using Her Double Role to Advantage". New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  4. Lambert, Bruce (September 27, 2020). "NEW YORK REGENTS OUST 18 TRUSTEES FROM ADELPHI U." New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

Ernesta Procope is 97 years old and was born on 02/09/1923 according to mylife.

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