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[Identification of item], in the Richard H. Jenrette papers #4451, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Richard H. Jenrette, of New York, New York, in June, July, and November 1986 and March 1988.

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• Architecture--Conservation and restoration.
• Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
• Investment advisors--United States--History--20th century.
• Jenrette, Richard H.
• New York (N.Y.)--History.
• Securities industry--History--20th century.
• Securities industry--United States--Political activity.

Richard Hampton Jenrette

1929, 5 April Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, son of Joseph M. and Emma Love Jenrette

1951 B. A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1953-1955 2nd Lt. U. S. Army, special agent, Counter Intelligence Corps, Korean War

1957 M. B. A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration

1957-1959 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

1959- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., president, director and co-founder

1973 Hon. D. Litt., College of Charleston, South Carolina

Civic Activities:

New York Society of Security Analysts; Institution of Chartered Financial Analysts; National Trust for Historic Preservation, trustee and chairman of Investment Subcommittee; Chi Psi Educational Trust, University of North Carolina Associates of New York; trustee, Roses's Stores, Inc., North Carolina director; General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina, director; New York Landmarks Conservancy, director; Dutchess County Landmarks Conservancy, New York; and New York City Commission for Cultural Affairs, 1975; Board of Trustees, UNC-CH, 1985- , member.

[Note: For additional biographical material see biographical file.]

Personal and business correspondence, speeches, writings, notes, photographs, subject files, and financial and legal items documenting the life of Richard Hampton Jenrette, chairman and chief executive officer of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., a trend-setting brokerage firm. The majority of the material concerns Jenrette's business interests, particularly Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Also included is material documenting Jenrette's participation in the Securities Industry Association and its political action and government relations committees, and his involvement in civic and political affairs and architectural restoration.