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Bob Wilmers, Banker Who Created Regional Powerhouse, Dies at 83
Wall Street Journal, Dec. 17, 2017–Christina Rexrode (subscription)
Bob Wilmers, who turned a small Buffalo, N.Y., bank, M&T Bank Corp., into one of the largest U.S. regional lenders, died on Saturday night. He was 83 years old.