Walter Shipley, a self-effacing chief executive who led some of the biggest bank mergers of the 1980s and 1990s and managed to keep a low profile despite standing 6-foot-8, died Friday in Jacksonville, Fla., where he had a home. He was 83 and had been under treatment for cancer for several years. Mr. Shipley, a former college basketball player...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 12, 2019 23:00 UTC