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John Hill Tucker Wilson
1934 - 2010 (76 years)-
Name John Hill Tucker Wilson Birth 24 May 1934 Charlotte, North Carolina 
Gender Male Death 29 Aug 2010 Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Person ID I37972 Scudder Last Modified 20 Feb 2011
Family S. Wilson Children 1. John Tucker Wilson 2. W.S. Wilson 3. E.E. Wilson 4. D.C. Wilson Family ID F13523 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - John graduated in 1956 from Princeton University, with a B.A. degree in history, magna cum laude, and a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School, graduating in 1960. He served in U.S. Army Intelligence from 1956 to 1958.
At Morgan Stanley, he was a Managing Director, serving in many capacities, including Head of the Financial Institutions Group and Co-Head of the Investment Banking Division. During his 33 year (1960-1993) career with the firm his clients included many of the major corporate enterprises of the country. In 2005, he was one of the so-called "Group of Eight," former senior executives of Morgan Stanley and significant shareholders who organized to express their concern over the leadership, governance and direction of the firm.
He served as chairman of the Environmental Defense Fund, the Union Settlement Association in East Harlem, Greenwich (Connecticut) Hospital, and Brunswick School in Greenwich; as an advisory board member of the Princeton Environmental Institute; as trustee of the Doris Duke Foundation; and as co-founder and director of Classroom Inc. Of enduring importance to ’56, he also was a founding trustee of ReachOut 56-81.
- John graduated in 1956 from Princeton University, with a B.A. degree in history, magna cum laude, and a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School, graduating in 1960. He served in U.S. Army Intelligence from 1956 to 1958.