St. Thomas alum Terry Dolan died in a plane crash Sunday. Dolan graduated from St. Thomas in 1983 with a degree in accounting, according to the St. Thomas 1983 yearbook. Dolan was the vice chair of U.S. Bank.
In a statement, U.S. Bank said its “thoughts and prayers” were with Dolan, his family and anyone else affected. “We are grateful that there were not any injuries to residents of the home that was impacted by the crash, and we thank all the first responders who have provided service,” it read.
“Terry was a warm and gracious leader who cared deeply for his alma mater and the broader Twin Cities community. He was a powerful model of other-centeredness for generations of St. Thomas students,” St. Thomas President Rob Vischer said in a St. Thomas Newsroom article.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 2nd from 4 to 7 p.m. at Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home in Edina. A second visitation will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 3rd at the Church of St. Patrick, according to Dolan’s Wasburn-McReavy obituary.
Medical examiner rules cause of death
The U.S. Bank executive killed when his plane crashed into a home in suburban Minneapolis died of blunt-force injuries, a medical examiner ruled Tuesday.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the sole occupant of the plane as Terrance Robert Dolan, 63, of Edina. The aircraft was a single-engine Socata TBM7, which went down Saturday in Brooklyn Park.
Dolan was vice chair and chief administration officer at Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank. He was named chief administration officer in 2023 and had been with the company for more than 26 years.
The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the cause of the crash.
Dolan was flying back to Minnesota from Naples, Florida. After a stop in Des Moines, Iowa, he departed for the Anoka County-Blaine Airport, which is a few miles from the crash site.
A man inside the house escaped the resulting fire, but the house was destroyed.
The Associated Press contributed to portions of this report.
