CAA San Francisco Event June 8, 2010
Good Turnout (and Gossip)
The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of
the Chase Alumni Association welcomed in summer with its second get-together of
2010 on Tuesday evening, June 8 at Sens Restaurant, just a few feet from the
Embarcadero Office Complex where Chase opened its first West Coast offices in
the 1970s. "Each time we look at the Jean Dubuffet sculpture just below the restaurant in Justin Herman Plaza, we are reminded of our heritage," writes Chuck Adams, the chapter coordinator.
There was a strong turnout to hear Hans
van den Houten, CAA co-founder and chairman emeritus, speak to us about our organization,
its global activities, the upcoming Dutch elections (scheduled for the day
after our event) and some of his view of northern European sentiment about the euro. Beside some excellent observations, there were plenty of entertaining
and thought-provoking anecdotes to illustrate and reinforce the points of
Hans’s presentation. The attendees later broke into informal
groups for discussion, networking and political gossip.
Alumni from other JP Morgan Chase
legacy institutions such as Chemical Bank were able to join us. Attending the
event were: Vicki Willock, Hansneet Randhawa, Vic Cordell, Patrice Cochran,
Deirdre Cherry, Chuck Adams, Kevin O’Shea, Laura Effel, Dan Kreps, Chip Gow,
Russ Daulton, Pat Nunn, Amanda Wallis, Vinnie Zinck and Bill Criss.