- Patrick Arbor
Infobox_President | name=Patrick H. Arbor
order=ChairmanChicago Board of Trade
term_start=1992
term_end=1997
birth_date=1936
birth_place=Chicago ,Illinois
party=Democrat
religion=|Patrick H. Arbor served three consecutive two-year terms as chairman of the
Chicago Board of Trade . Under Mr. Arbor’s watch, the CBOT enjoyed its most successful years ever, charting six years of record growth and charting the future of both electronic and floor-based trading.Arbor presently serves as a Director of First Chicago Bank & Trust Co, a billion dollar bank holding company and Merriman Curhan Ford & Co, an American Exchange listed company. He is a Principal of the trading firm Shatkin Arbor.
Arbor has been a member of the CBOT since 1965, serving three years as Vice Chairman and another ten years as Director. He also sat for three years on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of both the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation and the
National Futures Association .President
Bill Clinton appointed Mr. Arbor to the WNIS Enterprise Fund Board of Directors in October 1994.Mr. Arbor’s numerous Board positions include Chicago’s Mercy Home for Boys and Girls; the Mission of Our Lady of Mercy; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago; and the Illinois Facilities Fund. Previous Board appointments include the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees of Loyola University of Chicago; the United States Association for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; the First State Bank & Trust Company of Park Ridge, Illinois; London Investment Trust (LIT), PLC; the United Financial Holdings, Inc; and the United Community Bank.
Mr. Arbor received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from
Loyola University, Chicago in1958 .He started his career as a math teacher and later served as mayor of Harwood Heights, Illinois. He has authored numerous articles on Finance in leading professional and academic journals. A veteran mountain climber, who has scaled many of the world’s tallest peaks, including
Aconcagua ,Mont Blanc , Mt Eiger, andMt Kilimanjaro . Mr. Arbor is a lifelong resident of Chicago.External links
[http://www.patrickarbor.com homepage]
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