William B. Harrison Jr., (born August 12, 1943), in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is the former CEO and chairman of

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. He attended high school at

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, where he was a basketball star. He attended the

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, where he was admitted to the

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fraternity. Having risen through the ranks of Chemical Bank before succeeding

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during the Chemical Bank merger with the Chase Manhattan Corporation in 1995, which kept the Chase name. As Chairman and CEO of Chase, he and Douglas A. Warner III, then CEO of J.P. Morgan & Co., were the principal architects of the US$30.9 billion acquisition by Chase of J.P. Morgan & Co. in 2000, to form JPMorgan Chase & Co. Harrison has been a director of the Firm or a predecessor institution since 1991. Harrison is also a director of Merck & Co., Inc.

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, former

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CEO, replaced Harrison as chairman on January 1, 2007, following Harrison's decision to step down from his chairman position of JPMorgan on December 31, 2006.

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* 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 Members of the Board Biography: William B. Harrison Jr.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, William B. Jr. American bankers American chief executives of financial services companies 1943 births Living people North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players Harvard Business School alumni JPMorgan Chase people People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina American men's basketball players