Timeline, 1888-1974

1988

January 21 -- Ruth Colton Bigelow [mother] born in Springfield, MA

1989

July 4 -- Henry Merritt Wriston [father] born in Laramie, WY to Methodist minister, Rev. Henry Lincoln Wriston and Jennie Amalia Atcheson,daughter of a New York ship carpenter

1914

June 6 -- Henry Merritt Wriston [father] marries Ruth Colton Bigelow [mother]

1919, August 3 -- Walter Bigelow Wriston born in Middletown, CT

1924-1930

Attends Edison School, Appleton, WI

1930-1933

Attends Roosevelt Junior High School, Appleton, WI

1933-1937

Attends Appleton High School, Appleton, WI

1937-1941

Attends Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT and earns BA with Distinction in History

1941

Summer -- Attends École Française, Middlebury, VT one year completed

1941-1942

Attends The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts - M.A. (International Law and Diplomacy)

1942

May -- Officer, Special Division, Dept. of State, Washington, DC (until 1/43)

October 24 -- Marries Barbara “Bobby” Swift Brengle

December -- Lieutenant, U.S. Army (until 4/46)

1945

May 13 -- Ruth Colton Bigelow Wriston [mother] dies

1946

Attends Special courses at American Institute of Banking

June 29 -- Appointed Citibank Junior Inspector – Comptroller’s Division

1947

June -- Dr. Henry Merritt Wriston [father] marries Marguerite Woodworth (Peg)

1948

May 7 -- Appointed Citibank Senior Inspector – Comptroller’s Division

1949

June -- Appointed to Citibank Domestic Division

1950

October -- Appointed to Citibank Canadian and Transportation District

November 9 -- Appointed Citibank Assistant Cashier

1952

July 1 -- Appointed Citibank Assistant Vice President

1954

1954, January 1 -- Appointed to Citibank Transportation District

December 28 -- Appointed Citibank Vice President

1955

April -- Member - Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. (Director for three terms, resigned 1/2/91)

1956

Put in charge of Citibank European District

December 1 -- The Bank of Monrovia - Director until 2/24/69, Chairman from 6/1/65 to 9/7/67

1958

January 9 -- Member - Board of Managers of the Hospital for Special Surgery NY (until12/31/71)

July 18 -- First National City Bank (South Africa) Limited - Director, Alternate Director - 5/20/60, Chairman of the Board and Director 9/2/70 - 3/10/71

December 23 -- Appointed Citibank Senior Vice President

1959

November 1 -- Put in charge of Citibank Overseas Division

November 2 -- Becomes Member - Foreign Exchange Committee of Federal Reserve Bank (until 7/31/67) Chairman as of 12/2/63

1960

April 7 -- Joins Officers Retirement & Group Insurance Committee

May 23 -- Becomes Director - General Mills, Inc.

June 7 -- Appointed Citibank Executive Vice President

1961

Joins the Pan American Society of the U.S. (until 1/1/68)

February 24 -- Becomes Board Member - National Foreign Trade Council, Inc.

November 21 -- Becomes Member - Joint Latin American Committee of the Business Council (until 6/11/63)

November 27 -- Becomes Member of Finance Committee - General Mills, Inc.

December 18 -- First National City Overseas Investment Corp. - President until 10/20/67, Director until 2/24/69

1962

January 26 -- Becomes Director - General Electric Company (until 4/27/93)

May 4 -- Becomes Member - Commerce Committee for the Alliance for Progress

May 22 -- Joins National Planning Association Committee on Overseas Development

June -- Receives Honorary LL.D. - Lawrence College

1963

June 2 -- Receives Honorary LL.D. - Tufts University

October 1 -- Joins President Kennedy's Task Force on International Investment

November 1 -- Granted Top Secret Clearance by the Inspector of Naval Materials in NY

1964

September 16 -- Member - Joint Board of New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center

1965

May -- Joins European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) U.S. Advisory Committee

May 18 -- Becomes Director - J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (until 5/18/90)

September 7 -- First National City Bank (FNCB) Services Corp. - Director until11/24/67, Member of Examining Cmte.12/14/66-11/24/67

1966

January 10 -- Becomes Director - Carte Blanche Corporation (until 6/67)

April 5 -- Becomes Member - Advisory Committee on International Banking and Finance (until 2/69)

June 17 -- Barbara Brengle Wriston [wife] dies

October 18 -- Becomes Director First National City Bank (FNCB) - Waltons Corporation Limited (until 12/9/77)

October 19 -- Joins Executive Committee - US Council, International Chamber of Commerce Trustee from 12/7/66 to 7/15/70

1967

June 6 -- Appointed Citibank Director

June 20 -- Appointed Member of Citibank Trust Board (until 6/20/72)

July 1 -- Appointed Citibank - President & Chief Executive Officer

July 1 -- Becomes a Trustee of The New York Community Trust (until 5/1/70)

July 1 -- First National City Trust Company (Bahamas) Limited - Director until 4/9/71

July 12 -- The Mercantile Bank of Canada - Chairman & Director, no longer Chairman as of 1/10/74, Resigned as Director 9/12/74

August 1 -- International Banking Corporation - President and NY Agent until 5/16/69

September 7 -- Joins the Center for Inter-American Relations (until 1970)

October -- Joins Council of the United States Investment Community, Inc. Senior Advisory Committee

October 5 -- Becomes Member - Clearing House Committee (Chairman 10/8/70-10/7/71, 10/22/80-9/1/84)

December 19 -- Joins The Pilgrims of the United States (until 7/10/84)

1968

February 7 -- Joins the Association of Reserve City Bankers

March 14 -- Marries Kathryn Ann Dineen

March 19 -- The National City Foundation - Director, President & Member of Executive Committee, Chairman & Director 3/16/71, no longer Chairman as of 3/7/83 (retired 9/1/84)

April -- Joins Governor Rockefeller's Post Vietnam Planning Committee

September 6 -- Joins The American Bankers Association Economic Policy Committee (until 11/6/69)

November 1 -- Appointed Citicorp President & Director

November 20 -- Joins Mayor Lindsay's Fiscal Advisory Committee (until 12/31/73)

1969

March 17 -- National City Bank International - Director until 3/17/69, President from 5/23/67

June 2 -- Receives Honorary LL.D. - Brown University

October -- Joins American Bankers Association Government Borrowing Committee (until 4/19/73)

December 23 -- Joins Mayor Lindsay's Civic Committee for the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations New York City Share in Freedom Committee for 1970

1970

Joins New York State Savings Bond Committee

February 4 -- Joins New York Urban Coalition 1970 and 1971 Fund Drive

March 13 -- Joins Banking and Securities Industry Committee (BASIC) (until 6/25/75)

April 14 -- Becomes Director - The Chubb Corporation (until 4/28/92)

May -- Becomes Director of International Monetary Conference (American Bankers Association)

May 1 -- Appointed Citibank/Citicorp Chairman

May 11 -- Becomes Member - Men's Committee of the Diamond Jubilee, Boy Scouts of America

May 18 -- Joins Industry Advisory Council (until 5/16/72)

July 10 -- Joins President Nixon's National Commission on Productivity (until 12/19/74)

September -- Joins National United Nations Day Dinner Committee

November 1 -- Designee of First National City Bank (FNCB) at New York Chamber of Commerce & Industry (until 9/1/84)

December 1 -- Joins YWCA Men's Committee for the Centennial Dinner

1971

January 1 -- Trustee of the Council of the Americas

March -- Joins New York Money Market General Committee

March 24 -- Becomes Sponsor of Ralph Sockman Memorial Project of the Japan International Christian University Foundation, Inc.

June 5 -- Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wesleyan University Alumni Association

1972

Henry Merritt Wriston Faculty Fellowship established at Brown University

January 1 -- Member - The Business Council (Member of Liaison Committee with White House and Office of Management and Budget as of 1/27/72)

March 15 -- Member - Board of Directors, Economic Development Council of New York City Chairman of Executive Committee (1972-1979), Executive Committee Member until 9/1/84

May 2 -- Chairs The Earl Warren Legal Training Program Dinner

May 15 -- Becomes Director of the United Way of Tri-State (Chairman 5/16/79 - 6/11/80)

June 3 -- Receives "Businessman of the Year Award", St. John's University

June 6 -- Receives Honorary LL.D. - Columbia University

September 26 -- Joins Victory '72 Dinner Committee headed by Bunny Lasker

October 18 -- Chairs the National Conference of Christians & Jews Dinner

October 24 -- Visiting Committee Member, Harvard University Graduate School of Bus. Admin. (until 6/30/78)

1973

January 11 -- Labor Management Advisory Committee under George P. Shultz

January 12 -- Joins Second Panel Sheriff's Jury Member (until 12/31/79)

April -- Trustee of The Rand Corporation (until 4/14/83)

April 5 -- Joins President Nixon's National Commission for Industrial Peace (until 5/9/74)

April 10 -- Granted Top Secret Clearance by DISCO as Rand Corporation Trustee, Santa Monica, CA

August 21 -- Joins Advisory Committee on the International Monetary System (until 9/1/84)

October 4 -- Becomes President - New York Clearing House Association

1974

Becomes Chairman of the Program Committee - Reserve City Bankers

January 16 -- Joins the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

January 21 -- Joins Mayor Beame's Council on Economic and Business Advisers (until 12/31/77)

April 2 -- Receives Honorary D.C.S. - Pace University (Commercial Science)

April 2 -- Receives "Man in Management Award," Pace University

April 9 -- Becomes Director of the Association of Reserve Bankers (until 4/77)

May 29 -- Receives C. Walter Nichols Award, New York University

June 2 -- Receives Honorary D.C.S. - St. John's University

June 17 -- Policy Committee Member, The Business Roundtable (Planning Committee 9/6/77, Co-Chairman 6/9/80-6/84)

June 20 -- Joins Advisory Committee - President Nixon's Project Independence

September 30 -- President Ford's White House Labor-Management Committee (until the end of 1976, continued unofficially until 9/1/84)

November 4 -- Chairs the Anti-Defamation League Americanism Dinner

December 2 -- Receives Eagle Scout National Award, National Eagle Scout Association