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Walter B. Wriston in his early years at First |
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| 1888 | January 21 | Ruth Colton Bigelow [mother] born in Springfield, MA |
| 1889 | July 4 | Henry Merritt Wriston [father] born in Laramie, WY to Methodist minister, Rev. Henry Lincoln Wriston and Jennie Amalia Atcheson,daughter of a New York ship carpenter |
| 1914 | June 6 | Henry Merritt Wriston [father] marries Ruth Colton Bigelow [mother] |
| 1919 | August 3 | Walter Bigelow Wriston born in Middletown, CT |
| 1924-1930 | Attends Edison School, Appleton, WI | |
| 1930-1933 | Attends Roosevelt Junior High School, Appleton, WI | |
| 1933-1937 | Attends Appleton High School, Appleton, WI | |
| 1937-1941 | Attends Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT and earns BA with Distinction in History | |
| 1941 | Summer | Attends École Française, Middlebury, VT one year completed |
| 1941-1942 | Attends The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts - M.A. (International Law and Diplomacy) | |
| 1942 | May | Officer, Special Division, Dept. of State, Washington, DC (until 1/43) |
| October 24 | Marries Barbara “Bobby” Swift Brengle | |
| December | Lieutenant, U.S. Army (until 4/46) | |
| 1945 | May 13 | Ruth Colton Bigelow Wriston [mother] dies |
| 1946 | Attends Special courses at American Institute of Banking | |
| June 29 | Appointed Citibank Junior Inspector – Comptroller’s Division | |
| 1947 | June | Dr. Henry Merritt Wriston [father] marries Marguerite Woodworth (Peg) |
| 1948 | May 7 | Appointed Citibank Senior Inspector – Comptroller’s Division |
| 1949 | June | Appointed to Citibank Domestic Division |
| 1950 | October | Appointed to Citibank Canadian and Transportation District |
| November 9 | Appointed Citibank Assistant Cashier | |
| 1952 | July 1 | Appointed Citibank Assistant Vice President |
| 1954 | January 1 | Appointed to Citibank Transportation District |
| December 28 | Appointed Citibank Vice President
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