Winn, Willis J., 1917-2002

Willis J. Winn served as the sixth president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland serving from September 1971 to April 1982. Winn's association with the Federal Reserve System began in 1961, when he was appointed director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; in 1965, he began two terms as its chairman. The Cleveland Fed's Board of Directors nominated him as its president after the death of his predecessor, W. Braddock Hickman, in 1970. (Source: Federal Reserve History)