Harold C. Shore

Warren G. Shore

Harold and Mae’s son. Born February 19, 1934. Died October 27, 2007.

Warren was born in New York on February 19, 1934, and died in Miami Shores, Florida. His memorial card is shown here. He grew up in the family home in Lynbrook.

His Bar Mitzvah was held on February 22, 1947, at Temple Emanu-El in Lynbrook. The invitation came from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shore. See the invitation.

He later worked in the same business. Trade papers pictured father and son together, Harold of Harold C. Shore & Co. and Warren of George, O’Neill & Co., Inc. See them in the clippings.

A Chicago Sun-Times column by Terry Savage looks back on his fifty-year career in the financial markets. It says he began as a board marker while in college and as a runner on the American Stock Exchange, then moved to Chicago when the Chicago Board Options Exchange opened in 1973. He later created the firm First Options of Chicago and, near the end of his life, worked on raising money for nanotechnology research. Read the column.

Warren was William’s father. His parents are Harold and Mae.

His obituary column

Warren Shore, 1934–2007. A newspaper column headed “Options pioneer, nanotech financier,” by Terry Savage of the Chicago Sun-Times. It tells of his fifty-year career in the financial markets, from board marker and runner to the Chicago Board Options Exchange, First Options of Chicago, and his later work in nanotechnology.Chicago Sun-Times column by Terry Savage, 2007

Pictures of Warren

Warren as a boy, with his parents, and as a grown man. More are on the Family page.

Warren as a baby, lying in a bassinet.
Warren as a baby, asleep in a pram in a knit bonnet.
Harold on the beach with his hands on his hips, and his baby son Warren sitting in a striped beach chair in front of him.1934
Warren as a toddler in a fuzzy sweater.
Warren as a boy, in an oval studio portrait.
Warren on his sixth birthday, February 19, 1940, smiling, in a dark sweater vest, a white collar and a striped tie, with a handkerchief in his pocket.
Harold in a long overcoat and fedora, with his son Warren as a small boy in front of him, beside a brick house.
Harold, Tootsie and a friend, shirtless, and Warren as a small boy, seen from behind at the side of a bus. The lettering reads "Owned and ... R. L. EME..." (the same bus as P115).
Harold and Mae with their son Warren, small, in front of a house.
Harold with his son Warren, in front of a brick building after a snow.
Mae and Warren on a lawn at what looks like a camp.
Tootsie with his nephew Warren.
Mae, Warren and Harold in front of a door numbered 3911.
A family Passover dinner, with Harold, Mae and Warren.
Warren at military school, which he hated. This is the only picture that exists of him there: a small boy in a uniform jacket with a shoulder strap, smiling and looking to the side, in front of a stone wall and two white houses.
Harold in a tuxedo with Mae in a sequined top and long pleated skirt, and their son Warren as a boy in a tweed jacket and patterned tie.
Mae, Harold and Warren at a table on the beach boardwalk.August 7, 1949 (written on the back)Has a back. Open the photo to see it.
Warren standing on a hillside with one hand on his hip, leaning on a wooden post.
Warren smiling in a striped armchair.
Warren with a pipe in his mouth, sitting at an outdoor picnic table.
Warren in dark sunglasses, lying back on a beach.
Warren in a tan jacket beside the stone ruins of an old wall, with a tall cypress tree behind him.
Warren as a young man in a dark suit and a striped tie, in a tinted studio portrait.Written on the back in pencil: "5-435, 2 oils, 12/17/54," and color notes (blue, tan, charcoal), December 17, 1954 (written on the back)
Harold, Mae, Warren and Toby at a formal event. From left to right: Warren, Toby, Mae and Harold.
Warren, older, smiling, in a dark blazer and a patterned tie.
Harold and Mae C. Shore's 50th wedding anniversary. Standing, left to right: David, Warren, Toby, Lauren, Jaimee and William.
Warren and Toby cutting their wedding cake. Toby is looking down at the cake and smiling.
Warren and Toby, the bride and groom, at their wedding. Warren is smiling at the camera as the two of them hold a knife over the wedding cake.
Warren and Toby toasting each other at their wedding table, with a bouquet of roses in front of them.
Warren and Toby at their wedding ceremony, standing beside a candlelit table. An older man in a gray suit faces them, and a woman in a pale gown stands in front.
Harold with his son Warren.Trade-paper clipping, Year not known
Harold C. Shore of Harold C. Shore & Co., and Warren G. Shore of George, O'Neill & Co., Inc.Directory page, Year not known
Left to right: Ted Young of New York Hanseatic Corporation; Warren G. Shore of George, O’Neill & Co., Inc.; and Harold C. Shore of Harold C. Shore & Co.Trade-paper clipping, Year not known
Warren holding his baby son Bill, with his daughters Lauren on the left and Jaimee on the right. Taken at 10 East End Avenue, New York, in 1966.
Warren with his employees at First Options of Chicago. A large group of men and women in 1970s clothes, gathered on a patterned carpet and raising glasses.
Warren with his employees at First Options of Chicago. About thirty men and women posed in a large office with scraps of paper on the floor. Some sit on a counter and others stand on the platform behind.

The Chicago Institute for Financial Studies

The Chicago Institute for Financial Studies, Fall Semester 1983: a catalog of specialized courses, shown open with the cover on the right. The profile says the Institute was founded in 1981 and served professionals, students and individual investors. 327 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1411, Chicago.Course catalog, folded brochure, Fall 1983
The inside of the Chicago Institute for Financial Studies catalog, Fall Semester 1983: “Register early — Space is limited.” It lists the courses, with their dates and prices, from “Overview of the Markets” to “Advanced Options Strategies,” “Trade Checking,” “Order Clerk Training” and “Commodities Law and Compliance.” All classes meet 4 to 6 p.m. A registration form is on the right.Course catalog, inside pages, Fall 1983

The Bar Mitzvah invitation

Invitation to Warren George Shore's Bar Mitzvah, from Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shore: Saturday, February 22, 1947, at ten in the morning, Temple Emanu-El, Lynbrook, Long Island.Printed invitation, February 22, 1947

Warren’s work

An announcement: “We take pleasure in announcing that Warren G. Shore has joined us as Vice President-Manager, Over-the-Counter Trading,” CBWL-Hayden, Stone Inc., 17 Battery Place North, New York.Newspaper announcement, Year not shown
A newspaper article, “Shore Joins Optimark as VP for Market-Makers.” Warren Shore joined Optimark Technologies as senior vice president for market-maker relations, working with traders at conventions and trade shows. It says he had been a vice president at A.G. Baker and Co. in Chicago, was earlier a vice president at CBWL-Hayden Stone and is a former president of First Options of Chicago. Part of the right-hand column is cut off.Trade newspaper, with Warren’s photo, Year not shown; probably 1998, like the Sun-Times listing
The Chicago Sun-Times Business section, Monday, March 30, 1998, page 54, “Appointments.” At the bottom of the first column: “OptiMark Technologies Inc. hired Warren G. Shore as senior vice president, market-maker relations.” His photo is the fifth of the seven across the top.Chicago Sun-Times, Business section, page 54, March 30, 1998

Warren and Toby’s children

Warren and Toby with their children Jaimee, Lauren, Billy and David, and Peppy the miniature Schnauzer.
A newspaper photo of Warren and Toby Shore’s children. From left: William, Jaimee, David and Lauren. The caption says Mr. and Mrs. Warren Shore had children of their own before adopting David, an Apache.The New York Times, photo by Don Charles and Patrick A. Burns, 1968
A birth notice: Warren and Toby Shore announce the birth of their daughter, Jaimee Ann, on January 25, 1962, at Doctors Hospital.Newspaper birth notice, marked “Times” in pen, January 28, 1962 (written by hand)
A birth notice: Warren and Toby (nee Zucker) happily announce the arrival of Jaimee Ann’s sister, Lauren Beth, on April 18, 1963, at Doctors Hospital.Newspaper birth notice, dated by hand, April 19, 1963 (written by hand)

Warren at Oglethorpe

A newspaper preview of the 1954 baseball season at Oglethorpe University, “Prospects Improve at Oglethorpe.” It names Warren Shore of New York City as one of the team’s left-handed pitchers, along with Johnny Green. Signed “Mann.”Newspaper article, with a small note written in pencil, 1954
A short sports item saying that Warren Shore and Johnnie Green have shown considerable speed and some control in early warm-ups, and that the writer’s hopes are up.Newspaper sports column, with a faint pink date written on it, Year not shown