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Museum Participates in Financial History Cruise
By now, you have likely received the
announcement of the “Aegean Odyssey”
trip aboard the splendid Sea Cloud II
square rigged sailing ship during the last
two weeks of July. This is the Museum’s
first sponsored trip, and the itinerary,
from Istanbul to Athens with stops at
Ephesus, Bodrum, Navplion and other
The Museum’s chairman, Dr. Richard
Sylla, who is the Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial History at the NYU Stern
School of Business, will be on the trip and
will share with the group the business dealings of the ancient world through modern
times, a most interesting view into the culture. Ancient coins have become increasingly popular with collectors
in this context.
Dr. Kathryn Calley Galitz,
Assistant Museum Educator
John Herzog | Founder and
at The Metropolitan Museum
| Chairman Emeritus
of Art, will also be aboard the
ship and will lecture on the
ancient centers is very exciting. My wife,
art and architecture of the cities we visit.
Diana, and I have been on the Sea Cloud
Diana and I will be going on this trip,
before, and it is a lovely way to travel, very
and we hope you will join us. It promises
comfortable and great food!
to be great fun, and we would welcome
The Sea Cloud II
Founder’s Letter
the opportunity to spend some relaxed
time with you. If you haven’t received the
brochure, please let Jeanne Driscoll know
(jdriscoll@moaf.org), and she will send
one along. We hope to be saying, “Welcome aboard!”
Corporate and Foundation Support
The Museum is most grateful
for the support of the following corporations and foundations who have generously
provided funding for the
Museum in the past year.
• A & E Television Networks
• American Express
• Anonymous
• The Asher Family Foundation
• The Briar Foundation
• Carter, Ledyard
& Milburn, LLP
• CME Group
• Consolidated Edison Co.
of New York
• The Curtain Foundation
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• David N. Deutsch
& Company LLC
• Donaldson Fund
• Fagenson & Co., Inc.
• Friedman Family Foundation
• Geduld Cougar Foundation
• Goldman Sachs & Co.
• The Guardian Life Insurance
Company of America
• Henry & Elaine Kaufman
Foundation
• Herzog & Co., Inc.
• IGS Energy
• ING Americas
• Institute for Private Investors
• MacDonald & Cie
• Makovsky + Company Inc.
• The McGraw-Hill Companies
• Morgan Stanley
• The Mountbatten Institute
• Nemco Brokerage, Inc.
• NYSE Euronext
• NYSE Euronext Foundation
• Open Society Institute
• Peter G. Peterson Foundation
• Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
• RRE Ventures
• Saber Partners, LLC
• Saybrook Capital
• Scully Peretsman Foundation
• Securities Industry and
Financial Markets Assn.
• Shenkman Capital
Management
The national debt of the United States
is born, as the Continental Congress
authorizes a loan of six million pounds
sterling to buy gunpowder.
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• Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.
• Standard & Poor’s
• The Starr Foundation
• The Stone Foundation
• Twenty-First Securities
• UBS
• Wells Fargo & Company
• Winans International
• Wreyford Family Foundation
For information about
supporting the Museum’s
activities and programs,
please contact
Jeanne Baker Driscoll,
Director of Development,
at 212 908-4694 or
jdriscoll@moaf.org.
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