IN THIS ISSUE
IN THIS ISSUE
4 The Ticker
The Museum honors Joe Ricketts and Lawrence Summers at its 2017 Gala and opens two new exhibits.
4 Message to Members
By David Cowen, President and CEO
9 Connecting to Collections
The Mazer Collection Features Documents Signed by Hundreds of Historical Figures
By Sarah Poole, Collections Manager
10 Educators’ Perspective
Spies, Abolitionists and the Origins of Credit Rating Agencies
By Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper
36 Book Review
Narrative & Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business, by Aswath Damodaran
Reviewed by James P. Prout
39 Trivia Quiz
ON THE COVER
Images from the Museum’ s new exhibit,“ For the Love of Money: Blacks on US Currency,” on loan from the Museum of UnCut Funk. See articles, pages 6 and 20.
DEPARTMENTS
TRUSTEES
Richard Sylla, Chairman New York University
Andrea de Cholnoky, Vice Chair Golden Seeds
Robert Muccilo, Treasurer Consolidated Edison
Alvi Abuaf Financial Services Executive
Gregory Bauer Moody’ s
Marcy Cohen ING Americas
David J. Cowen, President / CEO Museum of American Finance
Sanford Crystal Crystal & Company
John P. Davidson III Citigroup
Charles Elson University of Delaware
Adam Goldstein Vettery
Martha Clark Goss American Water Works
Cory Gunderson Protiviti
Robert Hotz Houlihan Lokey
Alfred F. Hurley, Jr. Emigrant Bank
Myron Kandel CNN
Glenn Kaufman Kaufman Family LLC
Bradford Kopp Financial Services Executive
Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
Marge Magner Brysam Global Partners, LLC
Richard B. Payne, Jr. Financial Services Executive
Anthony Scaramucci SkyBridge Capital
Verne O. Sedlacek Financial Services Executive
Karen Seitz Fusion Partners
Mark Shenkman Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.
Kevin Shine Shine Financial Services
David L. Shuler itBit
Maria Smith Smith Affiliated Capital( SAC)
Andrew Soussloff Enfoca Investments Ltd.
Ewout Steenbergen S & P Global
Charles Wait The Adirondack Trust Company
John E. Herzog, Chairman and Trustee Emeritus Herzog & Co.
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