Charles C. Finucane was a government official, and banking and investments executive.

Early life

He was born in Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

 and attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut

Watertown, Connecticut

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. He received an engineering degree in 1928 from Sheffield School, Yale University

Yale University

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Career

He served as vice-president and then president of Sweeny Investment Company while also serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. From 1936-1938 he was vice-president of the Sunshine Consolidated Mining Co., and majority floor leader of the Washington State Legislature in 1939. In 1946 he served as director for both the Spokane and Eastern Division of the Seattle First National Bank and the James Smyth Plumbing and Heating Company of Spokane.

Government career

He was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management in 1954, the Under Secretary of the Army in 1955, and then the Assistant Secretary of Defense in 1958.

Personal Life

Finucane owned a summer home in Hayden, ID
Much of the current town of Hayden sits on the former Finucane estate, Loch Haven Farms.