Eugene Robert Black

Eugene Black
6th Chairman of the Federal Reserve
In office May 19, 1933 – August 15, 1934
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Eugene Meyer
Succeeded by	Marriner S. Eccles
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
In office May 19, 1933 – August 15, 1934
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Eugene Meyer
Succeeded by	Marriner S. Eccles
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
In office August 15, 1934 – December 19, 1934
Preceded by	W. S. Johns (Acting)
Succeeded by	Oscar Newton
In office January 13, 1928 – May 19, 1933
Preceded by	Max Wellborn
Succeeded by	W. S. Johns (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1873-01-07)January 7, 1873 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	December 19, 1934(1934-12-19) (aged 61) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education	University of Georgia (BA) Atlanta Law School (LLB)

Eugene Robert Black I (January 7, 1873 – December 19, 1934) was an American attorney and businessman who served as the 6th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1933 to 1934. Before and after his term as chairman, Black also served as the governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta from 1928 to 1933 and again from August 1934 until his death in December of the same year.^[1]

His eldest son, Eugene R. Black Sr., became the third president of the World Bank Group, serving from 1949 to 1962.