Wallace Macafee MCCURDY

Wallace McCurdy was IC4A 2-mile champion in 1913 and runner-up in 1914. He competed for Penn, graduating in 1914 with a degree in economics. McCurdy was President of his graduating class at Penn. In World War I he served as a Navy lieutenant.

He became a wealthy man as an investment banker in Philadelphia for over 50 years. McCurdy was initially with Thayer, Baker, & Co in investments, but later worked with Thomson, McKinney, & Auchincloss. He was a former director of the Wellington Fund, an owner of H. T. Patterson Co. Linens, director of the Lighthouse Boys Clubs, and was a member of the Philadelphia Bond Club.

Personal Best: 2 miles – 9:39.0 (1908).