- William B. Harrison, Jr.
William B. Harrison, Jr., born
August 12 1943 inRocky Mount ,North Carolina , is the former CEO and Chairman ofJPMorgan Chase . He attended high school atVirginia Episcopal School , where he was a basketball star. He attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was admitted to theZeta Psi fraternity. Having risen through the ranks ofChemical Bank before succeedingWalter V. Shipley during the Chemical Bank takeover of theChase Manhattan Corporation , he andDouglas A. Warner III , thenCEO of J.P. Morgan & Co., were the principal architects of the US$30.9 billion Chase and J.P. Morgan & Co. merger of 2000. [McGeehan, Patrick; Hansell, Saul. (Sept. 14, 2000).New York Times . " [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20717FB395C0C778DDDA00894D8404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fB%2fBanks%20and%20Banking Banking's Big Deal: The Deal; Chase Hopes Deal for Morgan will bring it Prestige.] " Late Edition - Final, Section C, Page 1, Column 2.] Harrison has been a director of the Firm or a predecessor institution since 1991. Mr. Harrison is also a director of Merck & Co., Inc.Jamie Dimon , formerBank One CEO, replaced Harrison as Chairman onJanuary 1 ,2007 [ [http://investor.shareholder.com/jpmorganchase/press/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=222234&ReleaseType=Current JP Morgan Press Release, 12 December 2006] ] following Harrison's decision to step down from his Chairman position of JPMorgan onDecember 31 ,2006 .Resume
* A.B. degree in economics from the University of North Carolina
* Graduate of the Harvard Business School’s International Senior Management Programme in SwitzerlandDirector since 1991 of JPMorgan Chase or a predecessor institution:
* Vice Chairman of the Board of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, 1991 through June 1999
* President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, June through Dec. 1999
* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Chase Manhattan Corporation, Jan. 2000 through its merger with J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, in Dec. 2000
* President and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase, Dec. 2000 through Nov. 2001
* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase, Nov. 2001 through Dec. 2005
* Became Chairman of JPMorgan Chase on December 31, 2005 [ [http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/about/governance/members/harrison Members of the Board Biography: William B. Harrison, Jr.] ]References
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