Frank L. Coulson Jr., 65, Goldman Sachs officer

Frank L. Coulson Jr., 65, of Bryn Mawr, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, of lung cancer at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore.

In 1974, Mr. Coulson joined the Philadelphia office of Goldman Sachs, an investment, banking, and securities firm. He was elected to partnership in 1990 and began a daily commute from the Main Line to the firm's Wall Street office in New York, arriving at 6:30 a.m.

He continued to commute until the end of October, said his wife, Sarah Miller Coulson.

"Frank was a mentor to many at the firm," said Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, "helping to develop successive generations of talent in our credit business."

Jacki Zehner, a financial adviser who worked at Goldman Sachs from 1996 to 2002, wrote a tribute to Mr. Coulson on her blog.

"Frank was a truly legendary bond salesman. . . . He trusted me, despite my inexperience, to execute a huge trade for his best client when he could have easily gone over my head. That day, I realized I could survive and maybe even thrive as a Wall Street trader."

Mr. Coulson graduated from Upper Darby High School and attended the University of Pennsylvania on an ROTC scholarship, earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1968. While serving in the Navy, he earned a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton School.

He and his wife were major donors to the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

Mr. Coulson was a member of the Merion Cricket Club, the Gulph Mills Golf Club, Pohoqualine Fish Association in the Poconos, and the Jupiter Island Club in Florida. He and his wife vacationed in the winter in Hobe Sound, Fla., and in the summer on Long Beach Island, N.J.

"He was charismatic, engaging, and funny with everyone, from his CEO to his grandchildren," his wife said.

Besides his wife of 11 years, Mr. Coulson is survived by daughters Kim Macaione, Elizabeth Libre, and Katherine Currie; a son, Frank III; a brother; a sister; and eight grandchildren. His first wife, Linda Shafer Coulson, died in 1998.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 226 Righters Mill Rd., Gladwyne.

Donations may be made to the Center for Innovative Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Ave., Baltimore 21224.