THE TICKER MUSEUM NEWS
Financial History Goes Digital
This issue of Financial History magazine
coincides with two major events: the longanticipated opening of the Museum’s gold
exhibit, “Worth Its Weight: Gold from
the Ground Up,” on November 19 and
the 50th anniversary of Warren Buffett’s
leadership of Berkshire Hathaway, which
will be marked with an important value
investor symposium at the Museum on
We also continue to increase the size
of our Board, and we welcome three new
Trustees this fall. John Davidson III is the
chief compliance officer at Citibank and
serves on its Executive Committee. Marge
Magner is managing partner of Brysam
Global Partners, LLC and spent 20 years at
Citibank, where she was chair and CEO of
its Global Consumer Business. Karen Seitz
is the founder and managing
director of Fusion Partners,
having previously been at
Goldman Sachs, where she
was a partner.
David J. Cowen | President and CEO
The Vice Chair of our
Board, Andrea de Cholnoky,
November 11. It is also significant because
will represent our Museum at the annual
with this issue we have launched a digital
meeting of the International Federation
edition. We will publish this issue and the
of Finance Museums (IFFM) in Beijing
next in print, but we expect to phase out
from October 29 through November 1. The
the print edition eventually and move to
Chinese Museum of Finance is hosting this
an all-digital format.
There are many benefits to digital publishing, including the potential to reach a
much wider audience; to enhance content
through embedded links; and to showcase objects, documents and photographs
from the Museum’s unique collection in
full color. At the same time, it will be a
tremendous savings in both production
and distribution costs in this ever-difficult
fundraising environment.
For some, like me (who still reads several newspapers a day and really enjoys a
hard copy), this change may be difficult at
first, but it is time the Museum changes
with the world around us. What will not
change is the same outstanding content
that our editor and editorial board will
provide; the magazine remains one of the
crown jewels of the Museum.
Message to Members
year’s conference and will showcase some
21 different finance museums from around
the world in their grand exhibition hall.
We are honored to represent the United
States with a kiosk and exhibition area in
which we will showcase a reproduction of
our “America in Circulation” exhibition,
featuring the collection of Mark R. Shenkman. Andrea will attend the conference
and will work with our counterparts from
around the globe. There will be many highprofile speakers at the conference, including the head of the Chinese central bank.
This has been a very busy season for the
Museum, with our new gold exhibit opening and a first-rate roster of speakers and
programs. As we head towards the holiday
giving season, we ask you again to assist
us in your year-end philanthropy so that
we can continue to provide you with these
wonderful programs.
The digital edition of Financial History will be available in full color
and can be found at www.moaf.org/financialhistory.
OCT 5
1993
Daimler-Benz becomes the first German
company to be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
4 FINANCIAL HISTORY | Fall 2015 | www.MoAF.org
OCT 6
1979
Paul Volcker becomes chairman
of the Federal Reserve.