Biographies
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John F. Connor Name: John F. Connor Born: August 25, 1928 Joined AGB: 1960 Primary Dept/Div: Credit Securities Primary Office: Chicago John F. (Jack) Connor was born and raised in Beverly, a south suburb of Chicago. He graduated from Notre Dame cum laude in 1949 and ater two years in the U.S. Marine Corps became…
Read MoreRichard P. Cooper Name: Richard P. Cooper Born: September 15, 1924 Joined AGB: 1969 Primary Dept/Div: Operations Primary Office: Chicago As of 7/15/1977: Richard P. Cooper, Chicago, is vice president and manager of Operations in Chicago with Becker Securities. Dick joined the firm in 1969 with eight years of management from Reynolds Securities. He attended…
Read MoreJohn A. Cunningham Name: John A. Cunningham Born: January 14, 1936 Joined AGB: 1967 Primary Dept/Div: Fixed Income Primary Office: New York, London As of 7/15/1977: John (Jack) A. Cunningham, London, is vice president and manager of Eurodollar Trading Activities for A.G. Becker International Limited. Jack graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. degree (1957).…
Read MoreArthur F. Curtis Name: Arthur F. Curtis Born: October 31, 1906 Joined AGB: 1927 Primary Dept/Div: Syndicate Primary Office: Chicago Arthur (Art) Curtis was born in 1906. He joined the firm in Chicago in 1927 in sales right after graduating from Northwestern University. He transferred to the New York office for 1929 to 1932, and…
Read MorePeter Stormonth Darling Name: Peter Darling Born: September 29, 1932 Joined AGB: 1974 Primary Dept/Div: Executive Primary Office: London, New York Peter Stormonth Darling graduated in law from Oxford with MA honours and served as in infantry officer in the British Commonwealth Division in the Korean War in 1951-52. He lived in Canada from 1957-1963,…
Read MoreDavid N. Dattelbaum Name: David Nathaniel Dattelbaum Born: March 1, 1902 Joined AGB: 1927 Primary Dept/Div: Executive Primary Office: New York David Nathaniel Dattelbaum war born in NYC, and graduated from Cornell in the class of 1922. He joined the NY office of Becker in 1927 and possibly was recruited by Irv Sherman. He experienced…
Read MoreWilliam (Bill) Davis Name: William (Bill) Davis Born: N/A Joined AGB: 1926 Primary Dept/Div: Sales Management Primary Office: Milwaukee William (Bill) Davis joined Becker in 1926 presumably with the opening of the Milwaukee office. The primary purpose of other offices opened at that time was to extend Becker’s distribution of commercial paper and to give…
Read MoreJohn (Jack) F. Donahue, 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…
Read MoreColonel James F. Donoghue, Jr. Name: Colonel James F. Donoghue, Jr. Born: Joined AGB: 1946 Primary Dept/Div: Individual Clients Primary Office: Chicago James (Jim or “Colonel”) Donoghue joined Becker’s Chicago office as a retail broker right after the completion of WWII. Jim served in the Marines, and among other locales, was in the battle for…
Read MoreKingman Douglass Name: Kingman Douglass Born: January 1, 1924 Joined AGB: 1963 Primary Dept/Div: Corporate Finance Primary Office: Chicago Kingman Douglass attended Yale University, interrupting his studies from 1943 to 1945 to serve in the Army infantry during World War II. He resumed his studies at Yale and graduated in 1948. He worked for Dun…
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