Background
REGAN, Donald was born on December 21, 1918 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William F. and Kathleen (nee Ahem) Regan.
REGAN, Donald was born on December 21, 1918 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William F. and Kathleen (nee Ahem) Regan.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1940. Doctor of Laws, Hahnemann Medical College Hospital, 1968. Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1972.
Doctor of Laws, Pace University, 1973. Doctor of Laws, Middlebury College, 1999. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colgate University.
Joined Merrill Lynch 1946. partner 1953. Vice-President Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 1959, Executive Vice-President 1964, Chair, of Board and Chief Executive Officer 1971-1981.
Chair, of Board and Chief Executive Officer Merrill Lynch and Company Inc. 1973-1981; President Regdon Associations since 1987. Secretary of the United States Treasury 1981-1985, White House Chief of Staff 1985-1987.
Vice-Chairman Board of directors of NYSE 1972-1975.
(One of Wall Street's leading figures describes the crisis...)
Author: A View from the Street, 1972, For the Record, 1988.
Chairman board trustees University Pennsylvania, 1974-1978, life trustee, 1971-1980. Lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, World World War World War II. Member Army-Navy Club (Washington).
Married Ann G. Buchanan, July 11, 1942.