SARGENTVILLE and GREENWICH, Conn. – David Farrington Sexton, 64, prominent New York investment banker, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, while on a business trip in Boston. He lived in Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Sexton was born in Montclair, New Jersey, son of Dorrance and Marjorie McComb Sexton. He graduated from The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., and from Princeton University in 1966 with a degree in English literature, cum laude. While at Princeton, Mr. Sexton was a member of the Ivy Club and of Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He served on active duty from 1966 to 1969, rising to the rank of full lieutenant. Upon completion of active duty, Mr. Sexton attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1972. Mr. Sexton began his legal career as an associate with the New York firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. He left that firm to become general counsel of First Boston Corp., and subsequently moved from that position to head its Asian investment banking desk, becoming managing director and president of First Boston International. He also supervised First Boston’s global “yankee bond” business, leading issues for Japanese, European and Australia/New Zealand sovereign borrowers. Mr. Sexton left First Boston in 1990 to join Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a senior executive vice pre-sident and director; he would later become its vice-chairman. At the time of his death, he was serving as Global Alliance Representative for North America of IBS Securities Co., Ltd., a Tokyo-based investment bank, and as senior advisor to Milbank Roy & Co., New York. Mr. Sexton was also a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Washington, D.C. During his time away from the office, Mr. Sexton was at one time an adjunct professor at Fordham University Law School, where he taught securities and investment banking law. Additionally, he was a past board member of Rye Free Reading Room, and a member of the Racquet & Tennis Club, New York Yacht Club and a past commodore of Buck’s Harbor Yacht Club, Brooksville. Mr. Sexton and his family maintain a summer home in Sargentville, where he enjoyed sailing and upland bird hunting. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Mr. Sexton is survived by his wife, Ann H. Sexton; his eldest son, James P. Sexton of Hamden, Conn.; his daughter and son-in-law, Ashley S. and Mathew C. Oleyer of Boston; and his young son, Christopher W. Sexton of Washington, D.C. He is also survived by his brother, Dorrance Sexton of Sargentville; and by one grandson, John Michael Oleyer, also of Boston. Mr. Sexton will be buried Friday at a private family ceremony. A memorial service will be held for him 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Saint Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, Blue Hill. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either Peninsula Ambulance Corps., P.O. Box 834, Blue Hill, ME 04614, or Friendship Cottage, care of Washington Hancock Community Age-ncy, P.O. Box 299, Ellsworth, ME 04605. Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 141 South St., Blue Hill. Condolences may be expressed online at www.jordanfernald.com
DAVID FARRINGTON SEXTON
