John (Jack) F. Donahue, Jr.

John (Jack) F. Donohue, Jr.

Name:
John (Jack) F. Donahue, Jr.

Born:
August 6, 1936

Joined AGB:
1964

Primary Dept/Div:
Credit Securities

Primary Office:
Chicago, New York

As of 7/16/1977: John (Jack) F. Donahue, Jr., New York, is president, chief operating officer and a director and executive committee member of A.G. Becker. He is also a director and executive committee member of The Becker Warburg Paribas Group, Warburg Paribas Becker and A.G. Becker Municipal Securities. Jack joined the company’s Chicago Commercial Paper Department in 1964 and transferred to New York as manager of those activities in 1970. He received a B.S. degree from Georgetown University (1958) and attended graduate school at the New York University Graduate School of Business.

Jack Donahue, working with Jack Connor and other associates, participated in the leadership effort which retained – and then expanded and broadened – the commercial paper and money market business in the face of the Friedlich-Glucksman attempted coup of 1963. By his example, judgment, and personal policies, Jack mentored a long list of key employees in the Credit Securities Division until his resignation in 1982, Jack first joined Oppenheimer and then moved to Prudential Securities before retiring and then passing away in 2014.

Obituary:
John (Jack) F. Donahue, Jr. died on October 15, 2014, in Port Washington, NY, where he was a long time resident. Jack Donahue was a lifelong philanthropist leaving a legacy to countless Catholic Chariies. He was survived by his widow, Mary; five children. eleven grandchildren; and a sister.

Other Photos:

Board of Directors, A.G.Becker & Co., Inc. 1970. Sitting, left to right: Ray Ryan, John Mabie, Fred Moss, Roger Brown, Paul Judy, Jack Connor, Dave Peterson, Burt Weiss, Bob Vance; Standing, left to right: Bill Cockrum, Jack Donahue, Mac Skall, Jack Wing, John Levy, and Ray Holland.

Board of Directors, A.G.Becker & Co., Inc. 1973. Front standing, left to right: Stu Gassel, Dan Good, Fred Moss, Ken Nelson, Paul Judy, Ray Holland, Bob Vance; rear standing, left to right: John Levy, Jack Donahue, John Mabie, Bill Cockrum, and Burt Weiss.

AGB-WPB Board of Directors, 1980. Standing in front, left to right: Geoffrey Seligman, Jack Hyland, David Scholey, Ira Wender, Pierre Haas, Dan Good, Fred Moss; standing in rear, left to right: Rudy Peterson, Paul Judy, Ronnie Grierson, Francois Morin, Jack Donahue, Michel Francois-Poncet, John Mabie, and Bill Cockrum.

OI#450 Al Kopin (left) and Jack Donahue (right)

OI#415 Wender (seated left), Donahue (standing), and Good (to right)

OI#414 Al Kopin (left) and Jack Donahue (right)

Board of Directors, A.G.Becker & Co., Inc. Early 1974. Sitting, left to right: Roger Brown, Bill Cockrum, Mac Skall, Paul Judy, Ken Nelson; standing, left to right: Dave Heller, Fred Moss, John Mabie, Jack Donahue, Al Kopin, Jack Connor, Jack Wing, Ed Dugan, and John Levy.

OI#408 From left to right: John Mabie, Bill Cockrum, Ken Nelson, Jack Donahue, and Mac Skall.

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