COMPANY

The nation's oldest bank, founded in 1784. Merged with Mellon Financial in 2007, forming Bank of New York Mellon

Official Website:
http://www.bankofny.com/

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
(reassigned) NYSE:BK

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$7.1B (2004)

Employees:
23,350 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Richard S. Emmet	Attorney	8-Apr-1897	5-Oct-1969	Counsel to the Bank of New York
Alexander Hamilton	Government	11-Jan-1757	12-Jul-1804	Primary author of The Federalist Papers
Gerald L. Hassell	Business	1952		President of Bank of New York Mellon
Thomas A. Renyi	Business	c. 1945		Chairman of Bank of New York Mellon
Bruce W. Van Saun	Business	c. 1957		Vice Chairman, Bank of New York Mellon

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Frank Biondi	Business	9-Jan-1945		Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios
Nicholas M. Donofrio	Business	7-Sep-1945		EVP at IBM
Ralph E. Gomory	Business	c. 1938		Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Gerald L. Hassell	Business	1952		President of Bank of New York Mellon
Richard J. Kogan	Business	6-Jun-1941		CEO of Schering-Plough, 1996-2003
Michael J. Kowalski	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Tiffany & Co.
George H. Lesch	Business	10-Oct-1909	22-Sep-1994	CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71
John A. Luke, Jr.	Business	24-Nov-1948		CEO of MeadWestvaco
John C. Malone	Business	7-Mar-1941		Cable TV billionaire, Liberty Media
Robert Pozen	Business	1946		Fidelity Investments
Catherine A. Rein	Business	7-Feb-1943		Senior EVP at MetLife
Thomas A. Renyi	Business	c. 1945		Chairman of Bank of New York Mellon
William C. Richardson	Educator	c. 1940		President of Johns Hopkins, 1990-95
Brian Roberts	Business	28-Jun-1959		CEO of Comcast
Samuel C. Scott III	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Corn Products
Richard C. Vaughan	Business	1949		CFO of Lincoln National, 1992-2005

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert R. Bennett	Business	19-Apr-1958		CEO of Liberty Media, 1997-2005
Eric C. Fast	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Crane
George C. Wortley	Politician	8-Dec-1926	21-Jan-2014	Congressman from New York, 1981-89

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