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Size | 23.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8900 items) |
Abstract | Richard Hampton Jenrette (1929- ), native of Raleigh, N.C.; graduate, active alumnus, and trustee of the University of North Carolina; M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration; president, director, and co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a brokerage firm in New York, N.Y.; trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; director of the New York Landmarks Conservancy; member, Dutchess County Landmarks Conservancy and New York City Commission for Cultural Affairs. Personal and business correspondence, speeches, writings, notes, photographs, subject files, and financial and legal items documenting the life of Richard Hampton Jenrette, chairman and chief executive officer of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a trend-setting brokerage firm. The majority of the material concerns Jenrette's business interests, particularly Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Also included is material documenting Jenrette's participation in the Securities Industry Association and its political action and government relations committees, and his involvement in civic and political affairs and architectural restoration. |
Creator | Jenrette, Richard H. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Connie Cartledge, and Mark Beasley, July and November 1986; Michael Van Cott, April 1988
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Richard Hampton Jenrette
1929, 5 April Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, son of Joseph M. and Emma Love Jenrette
1951 B. A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1953-1955 2nd Lt. U. S. Army, special agent, Counter Intelligence Corps, Korean War
1957 M. B. A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
1957-1959 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
1959- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., president, director and co-founder
1973 Hon. D. Litt., College of Charleston, South Carolina
Civic Activities:
New York Society of Security Analysts; Institution of Chartered Financial Analysts; National Trust for Historic Preservation, trustee and chairman of Investment Subcommittee; Chi Psi Educational Trust, University of North Carolina Associates of New York; trustee, Roses's Stores, Inc., North Carolina director; General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina, director; New York Landmarks Conservancy, director; Dutchess County Landmarks Conservancy, New York; and New York City Commission for Cultural Affairs, 1975; Board of Trustees, UNC-CH, 1985- , member.
[Note: For additional biographical material see biographical file.]
Back to TopPersonal and business correspondence, speeches, writings, notes, photographs, subject files, and financial and legal items documenting the life of Richard Hampton Jenrette, chairman and chief executive officer of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a trend-setting brokerage firm. The majority of the material concerns Jenrette's business interests, particularly Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Also included is material documenting Jenrette's participation in the Securities Industry Association and its political action and government relations committees, and his involvement in civic and political affairs and architectural restoration.
Back to TopNote: Folders are arranged in broad categories with sub-categories following some of them. Sub-categories are indicated by indentions. Clarifications added by the SHC staff are in brackets and are used when an abbreviation first appears. Abbreviations such as "w." for "with" and "Chm." for "Chairman" have been spelled out without notation. Dates have been standardized (e.g. "Meeting (1-2-86)" becomes "Meeting--2 January 1986"). Otherwise, titles are those assigned by the donor.
NOTE: Folders have been retained in original order with original folder titles.
NOTE: Original folder titles have been retained.