Financial History 100th Edition Double Issue (Spring/Summer 2011) | Page 7

The Ticker Museum Presents 100th Edition of Magazine and Announces New Initiatives The Museum is lifting off on many fronts. The clearest example is in the continually increasing visitorship, as we are on track to break last year’s record numbers. We now average over 170 visitors per day and more than 500 school groups History Books, as voted by the Museum’s members, which we hope you will find useful as you make your summer reading list. Our education program continues with 10 classes and seven senior educators. We have taught more than 125 classes since the inception of this program about a year ago. ING has recently sponDavid J. Cowen  | President and CEO sored an initiative for Title 1 schools to visit the Museum and take classes. And this per year, and there is a palpable energy fall we will partner once again with Junior on the exhibit floor. Why? In large part Achievement to host Finance Park. Thoubecause our exhibits make finance fun and sands of New York City school students not intimidating. We interpret finance in will visit the Museum and participate in an easy and understandable fashion and, this financial literacy program. therefore, consistently meet or beat visitor The Museum’s Board of Trustees is expectations. Because of this our memberengaged and invigorated. Under Richard ship is also at record levels. Sylla’s leadership we recently welcomed We believe that our mission to interfive new board members including Charles pret financial concepts in an engaging Wait, one of the nation’s premier commumanner is also reflected in this, the 100th nity bankers and former member of the edition of Financial History magazine. New York Federal Reserve Board; Andrea This issue features articles on all of the de Cholnoky, a senior member of executive Museum’s main subject areas, from the search firm Korn/Ferry; Professor Charles capital markets, money and banking to Elson of the University of Delaware, one entrepreneurship, real estate, insurance of the nation’s foremost corporate goverand printing and engraving. We welcome nance specialists; Kirk MacDonald, manseveral new and distinguished writers aging partner of MacDonald &