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John W. Kessler

1980–1985

Director (Class B)

Born

1936

Meetings at the table

0

Geography

Class B director at Cleveland (4) · where the Board comes from

In their time

Policy rate

10% → 7.75%

−225 bp · Oct 1982 – Dec 1985 (the series starts in Oct 1982)

Recessions

2

1980 · 1981–82

Seats held

Director (Class B)Cleveland1980–1985

Education

Bachelor's, Business Administration — Ohio State University (1958)

Terminal: Bachelor's · business

Served alongside (281)

Chairs · 1

Paul A. Volcker1980–1985

Governors · 10

Emmett J. Rice1980–1985
Frederick H. Schultz1980–1982
Henry C. Wallich1980–1985
J. Charles Partee1980–1985
Lyle E. Gramley1980–1985
Martha R. Seger1984–1985
Nancy H. Teeters1980–1984
Philip E. Coldwell

US presidents

2

Carter · Reagan

1980–1980

Preston Martin1982–1985

Wayne D. Angell1980–1985

Reserve Bank presidents · 23

Anthony M. Solomon1980–1984
David P. Eastburn1980–1981
E. Gerald Corrigan1980–1985
Edward G. Boehne1981–1985
Ernest T. Baughman1980–1980
Frank E. Morris1980–1985
Gary H. Stern1985–1985
J. Roger Guffey1980–1985
Jack Guynn1984–1985
John J. Balles1980–1985
Karen N. Horn1982–1985
Lawrence K. Roos1980–1983
Mark H. Willes1980–1980
Monroe Kimbrel1980–1980
Robert H. Boykin1980–1985
Robert P. Black1980–1985
Robert P. Forrestal1980–1985
Robert P. Mayo1980–1981
Silas Keehn1981–1985
Theodore H. Roberts1983–1984
Thomas C. Melzer1985–1985
William F. Ford1980–1983
Willis J. Winn1980–1982

Staff · 37

Allen E. Beutel1985–1985
Bruce M. Beardsley1985–1985
Charles L. Hampton1980–1984
Clyde H. Farnsworth, Jr.1982–1985
Daniel M. Doyle1980–1985
David L. Shannon1980–1985
Donal E. Anderson1980–1983
Donald W. Moriarty, Jr.1980–1982
Edwin M. Truman1980–1985
Griffith L. Garwood1982–1985
Henry R. Czerwinski1980–1985
James A. McIntosh1980–1983
James L. Kichline1980–1985
James R. Kudlinski1980–1981
Janet O. Hart1980–1981
Jimmie R. Monhollon1980–1985
John B. Williams1980–1982
John E. Ryan1980–1984
John M. Denkler1980–1982
Joseph P. Garbarini1983–1985
Michael Bradfield1981–1985
Neal L. Petersen1980–1980
Richard L. Smoot1980–1985
Richard T. Griffith1983–1985
Robert E. Frazier1984–1985
Robert W. Eisenmenger1984–1985
S. David Frost1983–1985
Stephen H. Axilrod1980–1985
Theodore E. Allison1980–1985
Thomas E. Gainor1980–1985
Thomas M. Timlen, Jr.1980–1985
Walter H. MacDonald1980–1981
William H. Hendricks1982–1985
William H. Wallace1980–1985
William R. Jones1985–1985
William Taylor1985–1985
William W. Wiles1981–1985

Reserve Bank directors · 210

Alan C. Furth1980–1985
Alan R. Sleeper1980–1981
Alfred Brittain III1983–1985
Armand C. Stalnaker1980–1982
Arthur J. Decio1980–1980
Barry F. Sullivan1985–1985
Bernard Francis Sliger1983–1985
Bobby R. Inman1984–1985
Boris Yavitz1980–1982
Bradley Currey, Jr.1984–1985
Burton P. Allen, Jr.1984–1985
Carl E. Singley1984–1985
Carol R. Goldberg1980–1982
Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson1980–1984
Carolyn S. Chambers1985–1985
Charles C. Gates1980–1984
Charles F. Seymour1985–1985
Charles M. Bliss1983–1984
Clair L. Peck, Jr.1980–1982
Clarence C. Barksdale1981–1985
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr.1983–1985
Cornell C. Maier1980–1981
Curtis W. Kuehn1983–1985
Dale W. Fern1982–1984
Dan B. Andrews1980–1985
Dennis W. Hunt1980–1984
Donald D. Hoffman1985–1985
Donald J. Gehb1985–1985
Donald J. Seebold1980–1982
Donald L. Hunt1980–1985
Donald N. Brandin1980–1980
Donald P. Helgeson1980–1980
Doris M Drury1980–1984
Douglas E. Johnson1982–1984
Duane Calvin Acker1982–1985
E. Mandell de Windt1981–1985
E.B. Robinson, Jr.1985–1985
Eberhard Faber, IV1980–1985
Edward D. Powers1985–1985
Edward F. Brabec1980–1984
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr.1980–1984
Everett L. Maffett1980–1981
Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr.1985–1985
Floyd W. Lewis1980–1981
Frank A. Jones, Jr.1981–1985
Frank Junell1980–1980
Fred A. White1980–1981
Fred Adams, Jr.1980–1981
Fred W. Andrew1982–1985
Frederic H. Phillips1980–1980
Frederick G. Larkin, Jr.1980–1982
Frederick W. Lyons, Jr.1985–1985
Gene Edwards1985–1985
George Dean Johnson, Jr.1984–1985
George E. Bartol, III1982–1985
George H. Weyerhauser1982–1985
George M. Ryrie1980–1984
George Nicholas Hatsopoulos1982–1985
Gerald D. Hines1980–1983
Gertrude G. Michelson1980–1984
Gordon T. Wallis1980–1982
Guy W. Botts1980–1984
H. Alan Timm1980–1982
Hanne Merriman1985–1985
Harold B. Blach, Jr.1981–1985
Harold F. Zigmund1981–1985
Harry A. Jensen1980–1983
Hays T. Watkins1980–1980
Henry N. Ness1980–1982
Henry S. Woodbridge, Jr.1981–1983
Homer B. Ellis, Jr.1985–1985
Horatio C. Thompson1982–1985
Howard K. Loomis1980–1985
Hugh G. Robinson1985–1985
Hugh L. Hembree III1985–1985
Hugh M. Willson1980–1983
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.1984–1985
Irving A. Mathews1980–1980
J. Banks Scarborough1981–1983
J. David Barnes1981–1985
J. Wayland Bennett1980–1984
J.L. Jackson1980–1983
J.R. Vaughan1980–1983
James A. Chapman, Jr.1980–1982
James G. Harlow, Jr.1980–1983
James H. Smaby1980–1980
James Stokes Hatch1982–1984
James Whelden1980–1981
Jane C. Cousins1982–1985
Jean A. Crockett1980–1982
Jean McArthur Davis1980–1982
Jesse M. Shaver1982–1985
JoAnne Brinzey1983–1985
Joe F. Kirby1980–1982
John A. Gelbach1980–1980
John B. Davis, Jr.1982–1985
John C. Hampton1984–1985
John D. Anderson1981–1983
John D. Woods1980–1984
John F. Anderson1981–1984
John F. Spies1980–1980
John F. Welch, Jr.1985–1985
John H. Walther1984–1985
John H. Weitnauer, Jr.1980–1985
John P. Gilliam1980–1985
John R. Biechler1980–1980
John R. Hall1984–1985
John R. Opel1981–1985
John Sagan1980–1983
John V. James1981–1984
John W. Alford1980–1982
John W. Eckman1980–1981
Joseph A. Baute1981–1985
Joseph A. Jennings1982–1984
Joseph H. Williams1980–1980
L. Kent Gilbreath1980–1985
Leon A. Dunn, Jr.1981–1983
Leon T. Kendall1981–1985
Leroy T. Canoles, Jr.1984–1985
Lewis Honyman Bond1980–1984
Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.1984–1985
Maceo A. Sloan1980–1981
Malcolm T. Stamper1980–1981
Marcus Alexis1985–1985
Margaret S. Wilson1980–1982
Mary Garst1980–1985
Mary P. Holt1980–1985
Mary W. Walker1984–1985
Matina Souretis Horner1983–1985
Michael Joseph Harrington1981–1985
Michael W. Wright1985–1985
Miles D. Wilson1981–1985
Nevius M. Curtis1983–1985
Ole R. Mettler1980–1983
Ollie Jay Tomson1981–1985
Patrick E. McNarny1980–1985
Paul E. Reichardt1980–1982
Paul G. Miller1980–1984
Paul H. Henson1980–1983
Peter D. Kiernan1981–1983
Ralph C. Bain1980–1980
Rayburn S. Dezember1984–1985
Raymond D. Campbell1982–1985
Raymond W. Bauer1980–1980
Richard D. Hannan1982–1985
Richard D. Harrison1984–1985
Richard D. Hill1980–1980
Richard L. Falconer1983–1985
Richard M. Oster1985–1985
Richard P. Hauser1980–1984
Robert A. Georgine1983–1985
Robert A. Rough1982–1984
Robert A. Young1980–1983
Robert D. Kilpatrick1980–1981
Robert D. Rogers1980–1985
Robert E. Kirby1980–1980
Robert F. Baronner1985–1985
Robert G. Lueder1985–1985
Robert H. Deacon1980–1981
Robert H. Knight1980–1982
Robert J. Day1984–1985
Robert J. Sweeney1983–1985
Robert L. Pfluger1985–1985
Robert L. Virgil, Jr.1983–1985
Robert M. Landis1981–1985
Robert M. Solow1980–1980
Robert Paul Henderson1980–1984
Robert S. Chiles, Sr.1984–1985
Robert S. Hillas1981–1983
Robert Ted Enloe, III1983–1985
Robert W. Moyer1985–1985
Roger E. Anderson1980–1982
Ronald H. Smith1985–1985
Russell G. Cleary1980–1981
S. John Brademas1983–1985
Sister Generose Gervais1980–1985
Spencer F. Eccles1983–1985
Stanton R. Cook1980–1985
Stephen F. Keating1980–1981
Steven Muller1980–1983
T. Joseph Semrod1984–1985
Thomas A. Jordan1980–1980
Thomas B. Cookerly1984–1985
Thomas Irving Atkins1980–1985
Thomas K. Smith Jr.1980–1981
Thomas M. Strong1985–1985
Togo W. Tanaka1983–1985
Ulysses V. Goodwyn1980–1980
Vern A. Marquardt1981–1983
Vincent C. Burke, Jr.1980–1981
Virginia A. Dwyer1985–1985
W.L. Hadley Griffin1982–1985
Walter J. Robb1980–1981
Werner C. Brown1980–1980
Weston P. Figgins1980–1980
Willard H. Derrick1983–1985
William A. Fickling, Jr.1980–1983
William A. Stroud1983–1985
William B. Walton1980–1981
William G. Phillips1980–1984
William H. Knoell1981–1985
William H. Stroube1980–1981
William L. Mathers1982–1985
William M. Dickson1980–1982
William S. Cook1980–1985
William S. Edgerly1984–1985
William S. Lee, III1982–1984
William Scott Sneath1980–1980
William Wardwell Treat1983–1985
Zane G. Murfitt1980–1981