Obituaries

Walter V. Shipley, the former chairman and chief executive who led the friendly merger of Chemical Banking with Chase Manhattan to create the biggest U.S. bank and predecessor of what is now JPMorgan Chase, has died. He was 83.

Robert Witty started at the Ithaca, N.Y.-based credit union in 1969, working his way up to CEO in 1984. He retired in 2010.

Roxana Willis was CEO of Battle Creek, Mich.-based School Employees Credit Union from 1991 to 2007. Today the credit union is known as BlueOx CU.

William J. McDonough, whose decade-long tenure as Federal Reserve Bank of New York president included dealing with the market scare of Long-Term Capital Management and the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, has died. He was 83.

Laurie Maggiano, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's program manager for servicing and secondary markets, died on Sunday.

Bankers remember Bob Wilmers not only for spearheading the growth of M&T, but also embracing his role as the industry's voice in turbulent times.

Colonial Savings founder James S. DuBose died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 93.

Hubert Hoosman, Jr. led Vantage for 19 years before retiring in 2012, including earning a Herb Wegner award for individual achievement.

Former Mellon Financial CEO Frank Cahouet is credited with leading the Pittsburgh company out of a difficult financial period. He was also CEO when Mellon acquired the mutual fund manager Dreyfus, and he rejected Bank of New York’s early attempts to buy Mellon.

Having managed five credit unions even while serving as CEO of one, the 92-year-old is believed to have set a record for length of service.