M&T chairman Robert G. Wilmers through the years
The University at Buffalo Foundation Inc. named Robert Wilmers chairman of its board of trustees on Jan. 23, 1992.
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Robert Wilmers, March of Dimes honorary TeamWalk chairman, and Sara McBride, 4, of Chaffee, the group's Western New York poster child, unveil plans to raise $250,000 during the local TeamWalk on Feb. 19, 1986.
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Robert Wilmers, chairman and CEO of M&T Bank, receives a framed cover of the Greater Buffalo Chamber of Commerce magazine naming him "Western New Yorker of the Year," from Randall Clark, chamber chairman on Jan. 31, 1991. Wilmers was honored at a luncheon Wednesday in the Statler Golden Ballroom for his contribtions to area business and community affairs.
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Robert Wilmers, CEO & chairman of M&T Bank, speaks at the Year 2000 Community Forum at Studio Arena Theater in 1999.
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Lewis D. Rich, VP/Regional Director of Empire State Development Corp., speaks, as Robert G. Wilmers (center), Chairman and CEO, M&T Bank, and Tim J. Rigas, Senior VP and CFO of Adelphia Communications, listen, Wednesday, Feb. 24th, 1999 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Buffalo, during a public forum on private sector leadership sponsored by the Buffalo Forum.
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Robert Wilmers addresses the annual shareholders meeting of M&T Bank Corp. in 1999.
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M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers speaks during the annual shareholders meeting in 2002.
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Gov. George Pataki talks with M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers after the governor addressed the Buffalo Niagara Partnership
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City of Buffalo Control Board, in 2003, from left to right: Ronald M Pirtle, Robert G. Wilmers, John Faso, Alair Townsend, Thomas Baker, Joel Giambra, H. Carl McCall, and Anthony Masiello.
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Robert Wilmers and Joel Giambra during a 2003 meeting of the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority at the Erie County Library Damon Auditorium.
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Paul Van De Putte, president of Doorway Services,right, rolls out the welcome mat for Steve Wydysh, M&T Bank VP -Business Banking (left) and M&T President and CEO Robert G. Wilmers at their new headquarters on James E. Casey Drive in Buffalo in 2003.
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Robert Wilmers, chairman of M&T, with Howard Zemsky, chairman of the Darwin Martin House restoration in 2003.
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A 2004 portrait of Bob Wilmers, CEO of M&T Bank Corp.
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Robert G. Wilmers, M&T Bank CEO, left, and Emerson L. Brumback, president and Chief Operating Officer, right, enjoy a laugh just before the start of the 2004 annual meeting.
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Control Board members r-L Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, Robert Wilmers, and Chief Counsel Darryl McPhearson at a May 2004 hearing in Buffalo at the Smith Theatre.
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A portrait of Bob Wilmers in his office at M&T.
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M&T Bank CEO Bob Wilmers addresses shareholders at the bank's 2005 annual meeting.
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Members of city employee unions picket in front of the home of Buffalo control board member Robert Wilmers on West Ferry Street in Buffalo on Aug. 31, 2006.
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Buffalo Control Board member Robert Wilmers listens to Gary Crosby of the Buffalo School District speak during the March 8, 2006, control board meeting at the Buffalo Public Library.
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From left, Mark Czarnecki, former zoo board president; Robert J. Wilmers, CEO of M& T Bank; Buffalo Zoo president Donna M. Fernandes and James Smyton, Zoo Board President speak before the groundbreaking for the zoo's new Rainforest Exhibit in 2006.
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Participating in the 2006 groundbreaking ceremony for the new Rainforest Exhibit at the Buffalo Zoo were, from left, Assemblyman Sam Hoyt; M & T Bank CEO, Robert J. Wilmers; Buffalo Council Member Michael LoCurto; Erie County Executive Joel Giambra; Erie County Legislature chairman Lynn M. Marinelli; Zoo Board President James Symton; Buffalo Zoo President Donna M. Fernandes; former Buffalo Zoo President Mark Czarnecki and representing Gov. Pataki, Jennifer McNamara.
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From left, Erie County Executive Joel A. Giambra, Anthony Coluuci Jr., executive director Dorothy A. Johnson, vice chair Alair Townsend, Robert G. Wilmers and Wade Norwood listen to Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown speak during a meeting of the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority in the auditorium of the Erie County Public Library Main Branch in Buffalo in 2007.
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Empire State Development Corp. Chairman Robert Wilmers during a board of directors meeting Aug. 13, 2008.
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Chairman Robert Wilmers, right, talks with Mark Hamister during the Empire State Development Corp. board of directors meeting in 2008.
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From left, Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman and CEO, Mark Czarnecki, president, and Michael Zabel, Group VP, look at the box's contents at a 2010 time capsule unveiling at M&T Plaza.
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M &T CEO Robert Wilmers gives his annual shareholders report in 2011.
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Robert Wilmers, M&T Bank Chairman and CEO, speaks about small business growth in America at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.
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A 2011 portrait of M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Bob Wilmers.
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M&T Bank Chief Executive Officer Bob Wilmers speaks during the annual shareholders meeting on the 10th floor of the M&T Bank Corporation building in downtown Buffalo, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Looking on at right is Corporate Secretary Marie King.
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M&T chief Robert G. Wilmers speaks at Buffalo Promise Academy's grand opening in Buffalo on Sept. 13, 2013.
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Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of M&T Bank Corporation, after attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the new UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, at Main and High on Oct. 15, 2013.
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Robert G. Wilmers, chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank speaks during M&T Bank's annual meeting in 2014.
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UB president Satish K. Tripathi, right, pins the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal on M&T's Robert G. Wilmers, left, at Alumni Arena during graduation ceremonies on May 17, 2015.
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M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers answers questions from the press following the bank's annual meeting on April 19, 2016.
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Robert Wilmers speaks during the funeral services for Stanford Lipsey, long-time publisher of The Buffalo News, at Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo on Nov. 6, 2016.
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M&T chairman and CEO Bob Wilmers is met by John Gavigan, executive director of 43North, during a lunch meeting 43North winners for lunch at M&T Plaza in Buffalo, Aug. 17, 2016.
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Bob Wilmers, chairman and CEO of M&T, and Rene Jones, vice chairman, after a meeting with 43North winners for lunch at M&T Plaza in 2016.
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John Gavigan, executive director of 43North, right, and Bob Wilmers, chairman CEO talk at a meeting with 43North winners for lunch at M&T Plaza in 2016.
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M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers delivers his address to shareholders at the bank's annual meeting, Tuesday, April 19, 2016.
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M&T Bank Chairman Robert Wilmers rides a bicycle during the introduction of a new Reddy bikeshare station outside One M&T Plaza May 31, 2017.
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A May 31, 2017, portrait of M&T Bank Chairman Robert Wilmers outside One M&T Plaza.
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From left, Keith Belanger, James Gately, Mark Czarnecki, Shelley Drake, Dan Workman, Bob Sadler, and Bob Wilmers in front of the M&T building on Main Street on May 30, 2001.
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NYS Gov. George Pataki talks with M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers after the Govenor addressed the Buffalo Niagara Partnership Wednesday morning.
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M&T Bank Chairman Robert Wilmers holds his glasses in his mouth while trying on a bicycle helmet before a ride during the introduction of a new Reddy bikeshare station outside One M&T Plaza on May 31, 2017.
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In this 2000 photo, Charlie Banta, left, president of the Martin House Restoration, talks with then State Parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro, and M&T CEO Robert Wilmers at the Martin House.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Robert G. Wilmers, the chief executive officer and chairman who steered M&T Bank into a powerful financial institution doing business across the Northeast, has died unexpectedly. He was 83.
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