John F. Grundhofer is the director of Donaldson Company, Inc., Securian Financial Corp, and BJ's Restaurants. He is a Retired Chairman (1990–1997 and 1999–2002), Chief Executive Officer (1990–2001) and President (1990–1999 and 2000–2001) of U.S. Bancorp, a financial services provider.

He is a graduate of Loyola High School (Los Angeles)

Loyola High School (Los Angeles)

Loyola High School of Los Angeles is a Jesuit preparatory school for young men. It is the oldest high school in Southern California, and one of the oldest in California...

 and Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...

.http://www.horatioalger.org/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=GRU97 He received an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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