Thomas G. Labrecque

Thomas G. Labrecque served as a former president, CEO, and COO of Chase Manhattan Bank.

Life

Labrecque, the third child of eight, was born to Theodore J. Labrecque, a New Jersey Superior Court judge of French Canadian descent and Marjorie Labrecque. He attended Villanova University and graduated in 1960 and later went to the pursue his graduate studies at the Kogod School of Business of American University and the New York University Stern School of Business. Before beginning his banking career he decided to join The United States Navy and serve four years, rising to the rank of lieutenant. During his service, Labrecque spent time serving on a destroyer at Guantanamo Bay in 1960, in the Mediterranean and Baltic Sea during the building of the Berlin Wall, and also during the Cuban Missile Crisis where he headed a section of the Office of Naval Intelligence, marshaling ships in the blockade off Cuba. In 1981, Labrecque made it to president and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank.

The Thomas G. Labrecque Foundation was founded by the Labrecque family in 2003 in memory of their lost beloved. As part of the foundation, the Thomas G. Labrecque Classic "Run as One" event was launched by family members and friends to raise awareness and donations to fund research for finding a cure for lung cancer, raising up to $10 million as of March 2024.