Education
University of Iowa.
University of Iowa.
After earning a master"s in business degree at Pennsylvania State University, Banach has had a career as a banker based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 2010 he has been head of commercial banking for Associated Bank of Green Bay. Lou and Editor Banach are fraternal twin brothers born in Sussex County, New Jersey, sons of Wraclaw and Genevieve Banach, immigrants from Poland and Germany, respectively.
They have an older brother Steve, born in 1958.
The family moved to Portuguese Jervis, New York, where the three boys all became involved in football and wrestling in high school. The twins were established as the best wrestlers in Portuguese Jervis history by the time they graduated in 1978.
The twins both went to the University of Iowa on wrestling scholarships. His overall collegiate record was 92-14-3.
He was in Reserve Officers Training Corps in college.
After his wrestling career, Banach entered active duty in the army as a second lieutenant and became a coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He went on to professional studies, earning a master’s degree in business administration at Penn State University. He started his banking career at National City Bank (now PNC) in Cleveland, Ohio.
As he rose to the senior level, he served for seven years as senior vice president and deputy regional manager at its Milwaukee office.
He worked with business customers to finance mergers and acquisitions. In 2010 he joined Associated Bank (based in Green Bay) as group senior vice president of commercial banking for southeast Wisconsin, dealing with businesses in the $2 million to $50 million annual sales range.
He manages 40 bankers across three teams in Associated’s Milwaukee and Waukesha offices. In 2002 Banach was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.