IN THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS
TRUSTEES
Richard Sylla, Chairman
New York University
Andrea de Cholnoky, Vice Chair
Golden Seeds
Robert Muccilo, Treasurer
Consolidated Edison
4 The Ticker
Museum hosts program on corporate sustainability
and announces 2020 Gala honorees.
Alvi Abuaf
Motive Partners Private Equity
Gregory Bauer
Moody’s
Marcy Cohen
ING Americas
4 Message to Members
By David Cowen, President and CEO
David J. Cowen, President/CEO
Museum of American Finance
Sanford Crystal
Crystal & Company
Lawrence A. Cunningham
The George Washington University
6 Connecting to Collections
MoAF loans library collection to
American Institute for Economic Research.
By Sarah Poole
John P. Davidson III
OCC
Eileen Fahey
Fitch Ratings
Adam Goldstein
Vettery
Martha Clark Goss
American Water Works
8 Educators’ Perspective
Cory Gunderson
Protiviti
Robert Hotz
Frank Norris’s The Pit (Part 2): A Career Cut Short Houlihan Lokey
By Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper Bradford Hu
Citi
Alfred F. Hurley, Jr.
34 Book Review
From Tulips to Bitcoins: A History of Fortunes Made
and Lost in Commodity Markets, by Torsten Dennin.
Reviewed by James P. Prout
Emigrant Bank
Carol Kaimowitz
Retired Insurance Executive
Myron Kandel
CNN
Glenn Kaufman
Kaufman Family LLC
Ranch Kimball
Glorious Cahoots Capital Partners
36 Financial History Trivia Quiz
Mitti Liebersohn
Avison Young
Consuelo Mack
WealthTrack
Joseph Mecane
Citadel Securities
Elizabeth O’Melia
S&P Global Ratings
ON THE COVER
Top to bottom: President George W.
Bush announces the nomination of
Ben Bernanke as the new Federal
Reserve Chairman; President Richard
Nixon confers with his monetary
advisors at the White House; President
Barack Obama announces Janet Yellen
as his choice to chair the Federal
Reserve. See related article, page 18.
Verne O. Sedlacek
Financial Services Executive
Karen Seitz
Fusion Partners
Mark Shenkman
Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.
David L. Shuler
itBit
Maria Smith
Smith Affiliated Capital (SAC)
Saul Van Beurden
JPMorgan Chase
Charles Wait
The Adirondack Trust Company
John E. Herzog, Chairman and Trustee Emeritus
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