Roger Fitzsimonds was the

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and

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Firstar Corporation Firstar Corporation was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based regional bank holding company that existed from 1853 to 2001. In 2001, Firstar acquired U.S. Bancorp and assumed its name, moving its headquarters to Minneapolis. History Firstar was founded ...

(now

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) from 1986 to 1999. He joined the then First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee in 1964 as a management trainee and managerial and administrative positions in branches in

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and Green Bay afterwards. He became the

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of the company in 1973, and president and chief operating officer in 1986. He assumed the same responsibilities for the holding company, Firstar Corporation, in 1987. He retired in 1999. During his term,

undergone rapid expansion, growing from a regional bank into a large bank with nationwide operations. Fitzsimonds was also the chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.Fitzsimonds to head association of commerce
retrieved on March 16, 2007. He has an honorary

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in Commercial Science from his

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, the

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, and served as president of the university's Lubar School of Business's Advisory Council from 1991-1999. He obtained his B.A. in Business and MBA in Finance from the

in 1960 and 1971 respectively.

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Roger L. Fitzsimonds at Lubar School of Business
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzsimonds, Roger L. American chief executives of financial services companies American bankers University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni Living people U.S. Bancorp Year of birth missing (living people) American financial company founders 20th-century businesspeople