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John M. Hennessy

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Career
Citibank The U.S. Treasury The First Boston Corp, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Credit Suisse Other
Awards and Distinctions
Philanthropy
References

John M. (Jack) Hennessy is an American financier and philanthropist. The son of John F. Hennessy and Octavia Tanksley, he was born on May 5, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was educated at the Roxbury Latin School, Harvard University (where he graduated magna cum laude), and the MIT Sloan School of Management. He and his wife, Margarita, divide their time among Nassau, Bahamas, London, England, where

their daughter and son-in-law live, and Tuxedo Park, New York, where their son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren live.

Career

Citibank

After college in 1958, Hennessy joined The First National Citibank (now Citigroup), working in New York and South America. He eventually became the head of the bank's West Coast of S.A. operations centered in Lima, Peru at the age of 28.

The U.S. Treasury

After returning to school at MIT for two years, in September, 1970, Hennessy joined the United States Department of the Treasury as Deputy Assistant Security, responsible for International Economic Development. On May 2, 1972, he was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, a Presidential appointment requiring the consent and approval of the United States Senate.^[1]

The First Boston Corp, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Credit Suisse

In July 1974, Hennessy left the U.S. Treasury to join First Boston, one of wall street's leading investment banking firms at the time. He spent the rest of his career in the firm, which subsequently was acquired by The Credit Suisse, Zurich. In 1982, he became Chairman and CEO of the joint

venture CSFB, Ltd., London. In 1989, he became Chairman of Executive Committee and CEO of the merged global bank, Credit Suisse First Boston.^[2] In 2001,

he retired from the Bank to dedicate himself to philanthropic and not-for-profit activities, concentrating on education and programs in developing nations.

Other

Board Member, Corning Inc.^[3] and Chairman of the Finance Committee, 1989-2008
Member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1990-2001
Member of the Twin Towers Fund to compensate the victims of 9/11/2001, 2001-2002
Trustee, The Appeal of Conscience Foundation,^[4] 1992–Present
Chairman, The Economic Club of New York (founded 1910), 2004-2006
Member, MIT Corporation, 1990-2000
Trustee, George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation,^[5] 1994–Present
Independent Inquiry (Volcker) Committee into United Nations Oil for Food Iraq program, led team to set up Baghdad office, May & August 2004
Co-Chairman, Safe Water Network, Inc., founded by Paul Newman to provide clean water to villages in Africa and India, 2005-2010
Advisory Board Member and Inaugural Speaker, The Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship and Development at MIT,^[1] 2008–Present
Chairman, Care Corporate Council
Member of the Visiting Committee, Harvard University, 1988-1993
Trustee, Roxbury Latin School, 1975-1980; 1990-1995
Board Member, American Friends of Eton College,^[6] 2008–Present
Trustee, The Manhattan Institute, 1991- 2001
Co-Chairman, Shakespeare Globe Center USA, 1989

Awards and Distinctions

Exceptional Service Award U.S. Treasury (1974)
Corporate Leadership Award, MIT, (1987)
Commencement Speaker, Yale University School of Management, (1994)
Member of 5-man Blue Ribbon Committee on Future of Asian Development Bank, Chair Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate (1988)
Honoree, New York Boy Scouts of America (1994)
Honoree, first Annual Award Dinner of Student Sponsorship (program for mentoring and financing failing NYC public students in Catholic schools) (2000)

Philanthropy

Established scholarships for Latin American students at Harvard University (3 students each year) and MIT (4 students each year)
Established International Exchange and Travel program, Jarvis international lecture series, and program for 1 student to attend Eton College for 1 year post graduate studies
President, Margarita and John Hennessy Family Foundation – grants for education and related initiatives

References

1. ^¹[https://archive.is/20130626180640/http://legatum.mit.edu/content-128 Legatum website]
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/11/business/first-boston-merger-brings-sense-of-relief.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm New York Times] article Web. 10 Oct. 1998.
3. ^Corning Incorporated website
4. ^Appeal of Conscience Officers & Trustees {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513190301/http://www.appealofconscience.org/officers-trustees.cfm |date=2013-05-13 }}
5. ^[https://www.georgebushfoundation.org/Page.aspx?pid=246 George Bush Presidential Library Foundation Board of Trustees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224031220/http://www.georgebushfoundation.org/Page.aspx?pid=246 |date=2013-02-24 }}
6. ^American Friends of Eton website

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