UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Harbert, Timothy B. State Street Corporation 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 8/9/01 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol State Street Corporation STT 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect | | Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership | | Beneficially | Direct(D) or | | | Owned | Indirect(I) | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |156,220 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |6,284 |I |401(k) Plan | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |309 |I |(1) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect | Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership | | Expiration | Securities | |exercise |Form of | | | Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | | | Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | | | Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | | | Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | | | cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Option (r|2/17/99 |2/16/04 |Common Stock |6,184 |9.3125 |D(2) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option (r|2/16/00 |2/15/05 |Common Stock |8,120 |8.1250 |D(3) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option (r|6/20/01 |6/19/06 |Common Stock |8,000 |13.20315 |D(3) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option (r|12/19/97-|12/18/06 |Common Stock |80,000 |15.8750 |D(3) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |12/19/99 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option (r|12/17/99-|12/16/08 |Common Stock |27,480 |33.71875 |D(4) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |12/17/01 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option (r|12/16/00-|12/15/09 |Common Stock |24,920 |34.64065 |D(4) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |12/16/02 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option (r|12/21/01-|12/20/10 |Common Stock |54,200 |60.7375 |D(4) | | ight to buy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |12/21/03 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) Units acquired under State Street Corporation's 401(k) Restoration and Voluntary Deferral Plan and will be settled upon the reporting person's retirement. (2) Employee stock option granted pursuant to State Street Corporation 1989 Stock Option Plan in transaction exempt under old Rule 16b-3. (3) Employee stock option granted pursuant to State Street Corporation 1994 Stock Option and Performance Unit Plan in transaction exempt under old Rule 16b-3. (4) Employee stock option granted pursuant to State Street Corporation 1997 Equity Incentive Plan exercisable in 33 1/3% installments over a three-year period. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/Timothy B. Harbert DATE 8/17/01