Butch Pomeroy Honorary Scholarship

H.B. “Butch” Pomeroy is a lifelong Amherst area resident. Butch is a community leader and active in many civic, governmental, educational, charitable, and professional organizations. He graduated from Amherst High School in 1971, earned a BS at Carroll College, completed the Graduate School of Banking program at UW-Madison, and attended two post-graduate sessions.

Butch’s banking career started at the International Bank of Amherst as a college student in 1974 and he was named Chief Executive Officer at the age of 35 in 1988, becoming the fourth successive Pomeroy to manage the bank co-founded by his great grandfather in 1893. He was honored to be named the Wisconsin Community Banker of the Year in 2008.