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DETROIT - Tom Jeffs II, who has spent his entire working career at NBD Bank, retired Oct. 31, bringing to a close a 36-year banking tour that saw him rise from credit analyst to president and CEO of NBD Bank-Michigan and vice chairman of First Chicago NBD Corp., the bank's HC parent.
Apart from a 2-year tour on active duty with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1961 to 1962, Jeffs has worked only for NBD Bank since graduating from college. A native of Grosse Pointe, he received a bachelor's degree in business in 1960 and a master's degree in finance the following year. Both degrees are from the University of Wisconsin. Upon completion of his U.S. Army tour of duty in 1962, he joined NBD as a credit analyst trainee.
Soon, he was promoted to VP and then became the bank's officer-in-charge of the credit administration department. In 1973, he was named group head in the metropolitan corporate...