Other banks had finer quarters, but none in this part of the country had a more solid standing nor more powerful names upon its directorate.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
As Mr. Holbrook was the most passive member of the directorate, drifting quietly along with the general current, it seemed safe to accept him as representing the feeling of that body.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
He succeeded to the directorate of the Bank in which the family had made its money, and to those unpaid offices of local distinction which his father had adorned.
"Merry-Garden and Other Stories"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch