Tom B. Coughran (March 18, 1906, near Visalia, California[1] – October 2, 1993) was an American banker, soldier and public servant.
At that time he was transferred to the newly formed G-5 Civil Affairs Division at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Europe (SHAEF).
In that capacity he traveled widely in the Far East to facilitate the expansion of the Bank of America into the Philippines, Thailand, Nationalist China, Japan and other locations.
In fall 1957, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Coughran Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.
During his thirteen months with the Treasury Department he participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization conference in Paris, a presidential fact-finding mission to Central American and the World Bank meeting in New Delhi.