Salomon’s personal integrity left an impression on those who worked for him.

Simon, who went on to serve as treasury secretary under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, called him “a suave, dignified leader.” Bloomberg, in his 1997 memoir, called him “decisive and consistent” and observed, “There was no different set of rules for him. He led by example. What he said, he did. And the rest of us did as well.”

In a coda to his life’s work, Salomon testified in January 2013 that Karen Febles, the personal secretary whom Citigroup had provided him, stole $1.3 million through her control of his checkbook. A federal jury found Febles guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and bank fraud.

Salomon then filed a lawsuit that blamed Citigroup for instituting no “supervisory procedures whatsoever over Febles,” and he put his losses at $3 million. A spokesman for Citigroup said Febles, not the firm, was responsible. The lawsuit was dismissed.

His wife of 71 years, Virginia Foster Salomon, died in 2008. In addition to his son, a doctor in Tucson, Arizona, survivors include a daughter, Susan Salomon Neiman of Los Angeles; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
 

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