Lewis Thompson Preston

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Person.png Lewis Thompson Preston  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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BornAugust 5, 1926
New York, USA
DiedMay 4, 1995 (Age 68)
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Alma materHarvard
Parents • Lewis T. Preston
• Priscilla Baldwin Preston

Employment.png President of the World Bank

In office
September 1991 - 4 May 1995
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byBarber ConableBarber Conable
Succeeded byJames Wolfensohn
CFR treasurer

An appointee of George H. W. Bush to the President of the World Bank. As of August 2015, he had a spookily short page on Wikipedia - only a couple of sentences.

Family background

A Preston grandfather had been a Confederate officer who later became a partner in John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Preston's father was a World War I flier and later a well-known hunter.

Career

He was in the US Marines during World War II, he graduated from Harvard with a degree in history.

J. P. Morgan

Preston then began a 40-year career at J. P. Morgan, where he became a board member, and rose to CEO, a position he held in 1980.[1]

Douglas A. Warner 3d, J.P. Morgan's chairman, said in a statement today that "Lew Preston was the architect of the modern J.P. Morgan and the pre-eminent international banker of his era. He led our firm with penetrating vision, formidable intellect and strength of character."

President of the World Bank

He became President of the World Bank in September 1991, appointed by George H. W. Bush.[1]

Connections

Sources differ on whether he attended the Bilderberg Group, but he has been mentioned as a member and treasurer of Council on Foreign Relations.[2]

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