Thayer, John B. (John Borland), 1894-1945

found: Pa. Railroad Co. Office of Secretary. Corporate records, 1843-1968(John B. Thayer; John Borland Thayer; investment banker; b. Dec. 1894; son of John B. Thayer, Jr., v.p. of Pa. Railroad Co.; "Titanic" survivor; manager of Phila. office of Lee, Higginson & Co.; also known as John B. Thayer III)

found: Social register, Philadelphia, Nov. 1945 ed.:p. 317 (John B. Thayer III, d. Sept. 21, 1945)

found: His, A survivor's tale, the sinking of the S.S.Titanic, 2012:t.p. (John B. Thayer)

found: New York times, September 22, 1945:p. 32 ("Sept. 21-- John B. Thayer 3d, member of a prominent Philadelphia family and financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, was found dead today with his throat and wrists slashed in his automobile parked in a West Philadelphia lot.")

found: Philadelphia inquirer obituary of September 23, 1945 and tombstone, viewed via www at findagrave, January 6, 2014:(John Borland "Jack" Thayer III; born December 24, 1894 at Phildelphia; died between September 18 and 21, 1945 in Philadelphia; residence at Haverford, Pa.; when found, Thayer was believed to have been dead for at least 40 hours and was last seen alive on September 18, therefore the exact date of death is variously given as the date of disappearance or date of discovery; Thayer was head of the Philadelphia office of Lee, Higginson & Co., investment bankers, from 1919 to 1932, and a partner in Yarnall & Co., 1932 to 1937; he was named a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1928, treasurer in 1939, and financial vice president in February 1944; Thayer had been increasingly depressed following the death of his son Edward C. Thayer in action over the South Pacific in 1943 and that of his mother, also a "Titanic" survivor, in April 1944 on the thirty-second anniversary of the disaster; Thayer is usually referred to by his youthful nickname "Jack" is writings about the "Titanic.")