| Walter B. Wriston AKA Walter Bigelow Wriston Born: 3-Aug-1919
Birthplace: Middletown, CT
Died: 19-Jan-2005
Location of death: Manhattan, NY [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - Pancreatic
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 Military service: US Army Signal Corps (WWII, Lt.)
[1] New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, NY.
Father: Henry M. Wriston (President of Brown University, b. 4-Jul-1889, d. 7-Mar-1978)
Mother: Ruth Colton Bigelow (chemistry teacher)
Wife: Barbara Brengle (m. 1942, d. 1966, one daughter)
Daughter: Catherine
Wife: Kathryn D. Wriston (attorney, m. 1968)
University: BA, Wesleyan University (1941)
University: MA, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1942)
Citibank CEO (1967-84)
Citibank President (1967-70)
Citibank EVP (1960-67)
Citibank VP (1954-60)
First National City Bank
Member of the Board of Citibank (as Chairman, 1970-84)
Member of the Board of General Electric
Member of the Board of ICOS
Member of the Board of Pfizer
Member of the Board of Sequoia Ventures, Inc.
Member of the Board of Tandem Computers
Member of the Board of United Meridian Corporation
American Enterprise Institute Trustee
Business Roundtable Past Co-Chairman
The Business Council Past Chairman
Club for Growth
Council on Foreign Relations
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Trustee
RAND Corporation Trustee (1973-83)
Eagle Scout
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Presidential Medal of Freedom 23-Jun-2004
Author of books:
Risk and Other Four-Letter Words (1976, essays)
The Twilight of Sovereignty: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our World (1992)
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