Jansen Noyes Jr. (1918–2004) was an investment banker and stock brokerage company executive.

Education and career

Noyes earned a mechanical engineering degree from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

in 1939. During his senior year, Noyes was elected to the

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. He was chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University from 1978 to 1984."Obituaries,"
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'', March 25, 2004. Noyes was a founding partner of Noyes Partners, Inc. in 1980, and remained as its president until 2003. In 1983, Berkery Associates was merged with Noyes Partners, to create the investment banking firm Berkery, Noyes & Co.

Personal life

Noyes was the son of Jansen Noyes Sr. who founded and was senior partner in the

Hornblower, Weeks, Noyes & Trask Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks in 1888. At its peak in the late 1970s, Hornblower ranked eighth among member firms of the New York Stock Exchange in number of retail ...

investment firm of Wall St.

Charitable work

In 1966, Noyes' family donated Noyes Center, a student union on Cornell University's West Campus. The building was designed by the architecture firm Todd & Giroux. The building was demolished along with the six University Hall dormitories as part of the West Campus Initiative whose goal was to create a residential college system on West Campus. The building was replaced by the new Noyes Community Recreational Center that opened in 2007 on a nearby site. He was also the director of

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from 1946 to 1996.Obituaries

References

1918 births 2004 deaths American bankers Cornell University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1910s-stub