Willard Carlisle Butcher (October 25, 1926 – August 25, 2012) was chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank from 1980 to 1991.
[1][2] Born October 25, 1926 in Bronxville, NY, Butcher began his higher education in 1944 at Middlebury College in Vermont.
He later headed Chase’s retail and corporate business for midtown and moved to the international department in 1969, where he headed operations in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, before becoming executive vice president in charge of Chase’s international operations.
[3] Under Rockefeller and Butcher, Chase expanded into more than 50 countries, including Russia, Egypt and China, where American banks hadn’t previously operated.
[4] Butcher was active with the American Enterprise Institute, and served for two years as member of President Ronald Reagan’s Grace Commission.