Financial History 157 Spring/Summer 2026 | Page 5

IN THIS ISSUE
▶ By David Cowen, President and CEO
▶ By Gregory DL Morris
▶ By Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper
▶ Reviewed by James P. Prout

IN THIS ISSUE

4 Message to Members

▶ By David Cowen, President and CEO

5 Museum News

DEPARTMENTS

The Museum announces the Spring 2026 MFA scholarship recipients and opens its new home on Commonwealth Pier in the Boston Seaport.

ON THE COVER

Photos from the grand opening of the Museum’ s new home on Commonwealth Pier in the Boston Seaport, July 1, 2026. See related articles, pages 6 and 14.
8 Connecting with Collections
MoAF acquires the finance collection of the Rodney G. Klein Stock Market Museum and Library.

▶ By Gregory DL Morris

10 Educators’ Perspective
Risk, Return and Rembrandt( Part 3): The Artist’ s Personal Finances

▶ By Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper

56 Book Review
Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America, by Michael Kimmel

▶ Reviewed by James P. Prout

57 Trivia Quiz
Fidelity Investments
TRUSTEES
Peter A. Cohen, Chair Andover National Corporation
Lawrence A. Cunningham University of Delaware
Mitti Liebersohn Savills
Scott Reddel Accenture
Andrea de Cholnoky, Co-Vice Chair Golden Seeds Karen Gephardt, Co-Vice Chair Fusion Partners
Sanford Crystal, Treasurer Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Alvi Abuaf Motive Partners Private Equity
Peter Akwaboah Morgan Stanley
Sabrina Bailey Fiducient Advisors
Gregory Bauer Moody’ s( retired)
Douglas Cifu Virtu Financial
Marcy Cohen ING Americas
Wendy M. Cohn Fitch Ratings
David J. Cowen, President / CEO Museum of American Finance
Patrick Curtin Citi
Ric Edelman Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals
Charles Elson University of Delaware
Eileen Fahey Fitch Ratings( retired)
Martin Fridson Lehmann, Livian, Fridson Advisors LLC
Adam Goldstein Archer Aviation
Martha Clark Goss American Water Works
Kirk Haldeman J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Carol Kaimowitz Retired Insurance Executive
Glenn Kaufman Kaufman Family LLC
Ranch Kimball Glorious Cahoots Capital Partners
Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
Joseph Mecane Citadel Securities
Jorge Nario Fidelity Center for Applied Technology( FCAT)
Anders Nemeth Oliver Wyman
Eamon Nolan Vinson & Elkins
Lynn O’ Mealia Loudon Investment Management
Elizabeth O’ Melia ProCFO Partners
Chris Perry Broadridge
Matthew Perconte Protiviti
Brad Peterson Nasdaq
Bob Pisani CNBC
Robert Robotti Robotti & Company
Mark Shenkman Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.
David L. Shuler Varro Life Sciences
Nick Smit ING
Richard Sylla New York University
Richard Vague Former Secretary of Banking and Securities, Pennsylvania
Dan Veru Palisade Capital Management
Charles Wait The Adirondack Trust Company
John E. Herzog, Chairman and Trustee Emeritus
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