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Gunnar S. Overstrom Jr. was a vice chairman of FleetBoston Financial (now a part of Bank of America) and the former president and chief operating officer of the Shawmut National Corporation. As a vice chairman of Fleet Overstrom was instrumental in building the corporation’s asset management portfolio and its brokerage and securities business. He spearheaded the acquisition of Quick and Reilly as well as the purchase of Columbia Asset Management.