William B. Harrison Jr.

William B. Harrison Jr., born August 12, 1943, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is the former CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. He attended high school at Virginia Episcopal School, where he was a basketball star. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. Having risen through the ranks of Chemical Bank before succeeding Walter V. Shipley during the Chemical Bank takeover of the Chase Manhattan Corporation, he and Douglas A. Warner III, then CEO of J.P. Morgan & Co., were the principal architects of the US$30.9 billion Chase and J.P. Morgan & Co. merger of 2000.^[1] Harrison has been a director of the Firm or a predecessor institution since 1991. Harrison is also a director of Merck & Co., Inc.

Jamie Dimon, former Bank One CEO, replaced Harrison as chairman on January 1, 2007^[2] following Harrison's decision to step down from his chairman position of JPMorgan on December 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 Switzerland

Director 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

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References

↑ McGeehan, Patrick; Hansell, Saul. (Sept. 14, 2000). The New York Times. "Banking's Big Deal: The Deal; Chase Hopes Deal for Morgan will bring it Prestige" Late Edition – Final, Section C, Page 1, Column 2.
↑ JP Morgan Press Release, December 12, 2006
↑ Members of the Board Biography: William B. Harrison Jr.

Business positions
Preceded by Walter V. Shipley	Chase CEO 1999	Succeeded by Merged with JP Morgan to become JP Morgan Chase
Preceded by Chase and J.P. Morgan merged to form company 2000	JPMorgan Chase CEO 2000–2005	Succeeded by Jamie Dimon

JPMorgan Chase

Divisions	J.P. Morgan & Co. Chase Bank Chase Paymentech Chase Card Services Canada EMC Mortgage Company Highbridge Capital Management J.P. Morgan Cazenove One Equity Partners

Notable current executives	Jamie Dimon (CEO) Matthew E. Zames Steven Black Jing Ulrich

Notable former executives	John Pierpont Morgan J. P. Morgan Jr. Junius Spencer Morgan George Peabody Henry Sturgis Morgan David Rockefeller William B. Harrison Jr. John B. McCoy Walter V. Shipley Douglas A. Warner III Temple Bowdoin Jes Staley Blythe Masters James B. Lee Jr.

Board of directors	Crandall C. Bowles Stephen B. Burke David M. Cote James S. Crown Jamie Dimon Ellen V. Futter William H. Gray Laban P. Jackson Jr. David C. Novak Lee R. Raymond William C. Weldon

Historical components	Anchor Savings Bank Banca Commerciale Italiana Trust Co. Bank One Corporation The Manhattan Company Bank United of Texas Bear Stearns Chase Manhattan Bank Chemical Bank Corn Exchange Bank Dime Savings Bank of New York First Chicago Bank First USA Bank Great Western Bank Hambrecht & Quist H. F. Ahmanson & Co. Jardine Fleming J.P. Morgan & Co. Lincoln Savings Bank Manufacturers Hanover National Bank of Detroit New York Trust Company Providian Robert Fleming & Co. Sears Canada Bank State Bank of Chicago Texas Commerce Bank Valley National Bank of Arizona Washington Mutual

Buildings	125 London Wall 245 Park Avenue 25 Bank Street 270 Park Avenue 277 Park Avenue 383 Madison Avenue Chase Field Chase Tower (Amarillo) Chase Tower (Chicago) Chase Tower (Dallas) Chase Tower (El Paso) Chase Tower (Englewood, Colorado) Chase Tower (Indianapolis) Chase Tower (Milwaukee) Chase Tower (Oklahoma City) Chase Tower (Phoenix) Chase Tower (Rochester) Chater House Indiana Michigan Power Center (Fort Wayne) JPMorgan Chase Building (San Francisco) JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston) McCoy Building One Chase Manhattan Plaza The Qube (Detroit)

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Merck & Co., Inc.

Corporate directors:	Richard Clark Johnnetta Cole William Harrison William Kelley Rochelle Lazarus Thomas Shenk Anne Tatlock Samuel Thier Wendell Weeks Peter Wendell

Products:	Alendronate Aprepitant Ertapenem Ezetimibe Ezetimibe/simvastatin Finasteride Fosaprepitant Indinavir Losartan Lovastatin Montelukast Omarigliptin Raltegravir Rizatriptan Rofecoxib Simvastatin Sitagliptin Vorinostat

Publications:	The Merck Manuals Index Manual Veterinary Geriatrics

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