Financial History Issue 112 (Winter 2015) | Page 7
MUSEUM NEWS
THE TICKER
Photos: Elsa Ruiz
Tim Geithner Speaks at Museum,
Opens Hamilton Exhibit
Top: Representatives of the Alexander
Hamilton Awareness Society (AHA) with
Tim Geithner at the ceremonial opening
of the “Alexander Hamilton: Indispensable
Founder and Visionary” exhibit. Bottom: Tim
Geithner in conversation with Charles Wait.
On October 29, more than 225 people
attended a sold-out event at the Museum,
as Tim Geithner spoke about his book,
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises, in a conversation with Charles Wait,
former member of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York’s Board of Directors
and a Trustee of the Museum. The event,
sponsored by Voya Financial, was appropriately held on the 85th anniversary of
the Great Crash of 1929.
As President and CEO of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York between 2003
and 2009 and then Treasury Secretary for
the duration of President Barack Obama’s
first term, Geithner shaped the American
response to the global financial crisis. He
was at the center of Fed policy as the crisis
unfolded, and he was a principal architect
of the Obama Administration’s strategy to
avert economic collapse and to reform the
financial system.
Prior to the program, Geithner attended
the formal opening of the “Alexander
Hamilton: Indispensable Founder and
Visionary” exhibit in the Museum’s Hamilton Room. The exhibit was co-curated
by Museum Founder John Herzog and
Mariana Oller of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society (AHA). On view
through January 2015, the exhibit commemorates the 225th anniversary of Hamilton’s appointment as the nation’s first
Secretary of the Treasury.
Governor Cuomo Receives Tax Award at Museum
Governor Andrew Cuomo received
the Tax Foundation’s Outstanding
Achievement in State Tax Reform
Award at a press conference held at the
Museum on October 16. The Museum’s
exhibitions served as a backdrop for the
award ceremony, which coincided with
the governor’s announcement of the
state’s latest employment numbers.
Clockwise from top left: Members of the media
attend the October 16 press conference;
Governor Cuomo accepts a corporate tax
award for New York State; Governor Cuomo
meets the Museum’s chairman, Richard Sylla,
and president, David Cowen.
JAN 30
2000
As the Internet bubble nears its peak, 17
dot com companies each spend $73,000 per
second for network television ads — a total of
nearly $38 million — during Super Bowl XXXIV.
FEB 5
1637
“Tulipmania” hits its peak in the Netherlands, with the price
of the rare Witte Croonen tulip bulb reaching 1,345 guilders
per half pound, up 2506% in 33 days. Over the next five
years, they lose an annual average of 76% of their value.
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