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Dear Reader,
 # In less than five months (March 31, 2021), we will mark the 25th anniversary of Chemical Bank's acquisition of Chase Manhattan Bank and the assumption of the name Chase. The Chase Alumni Association often gets feedback that we neglect our members whose careers began at Manufacturers Hanover or Chemical Bank. So we're asking now -- about six months before the milestone anniversary -- for your stories about "the old days" at those two banks. Please send your story ideas or essays to news@chasealum.org. Separately, if you have stories about the merger, please let us know. We need your help to honor the anniversary! We're starting the celebration by posting pictures of various Chemical memorabilia items. We'll add more over time and also represent Manufacturers Hanover. If you have other items you want to share, please send the images to news@chasealum.org.# Click here to see some new photos.
[Existing stories (including In Memoriams) that feature new comments or material are indicated with a #.
NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
 Nicholas Sargen discussed his upcoming book JPMorgan's Fall and Revival with business journalist Consuela Mack at a virtual event sponsored by the Museum of American Finance and Fordham's Gabelli School of Business on October 6, 2020. If you missed it, you can access an edited recording of the proceedings by clicking here. We welcome reactions to the talk and to the book.
 # The goose has been spared! Due to the pandemic, CAA Frankfurt has had to cancel its annual Thanksgiving Einladung scheduled for November 26, 2020. If you pre-paid, your money will be refunded.
 We have put together a compendium of past CAA events, with links to photos (viewable only by dues-paying CAA members). Of course, none of us has aged in these photos (from 2005 to 2020). Until we meet again in person!
 A kindly non-alumnus acquired (and scanned) a copy of the September 1932 issue of The Chase, a monthly magazine published by The Chase National Bank. Dues-paying CAA members can click here to read the articles that give a snapshot of banking and Chase during The Great Depression.
►The alumni trip to Croatia/Italy has been postponed to October 1-10, 2021. More details have been sent directly to registrants.
►SAVE THE DATE: With hope and faith that baseball has a future, we've reserved 40 seats for the Subway Series game to be played at CitiField on Friday, September 10, 2021!
LIFE AFTER CHASE
 # When Jennifer Schroeder Johnson joined Chase in pursuit of an international banking career, she never imagined that she'd end up co-owning the oldest estate winery in New York State. Ice wine, anyone?
 Ottho Heldring (Chase 1972-1998 and CAA board member) is on another road trip -- no interstate -- from Baltimore to Seattle and back, with some major side trips. He posts photos with text daily on Facebook. You can follow his journey at fb.com/ottho.heldring. This page is public, but he'd be quite happy to accept friend requests. Many Chase alumni followed him on his trips in the United States, the UK and elsewhere since 2015. (The photo–"Bring Your Wrecks to Rex"–was taken in Vincennes, Indiana.)
 Read how a daughter's death made Vicente Monge Alcalde seek what he calls "responsible happiness" and create a foundation in Santiago to help children with cancer during their treatment. A PDF of a book about his daughter's journey is available upon request.
MOMENTS IN BANK HISTORY
NOTE: Past "Moments" can be found under "News" on the CAA website home page menu. "Moments" are also now featured on the CAA website homepage.
Amazing Adventures of Chaseman
CORONAVIRUS SPRING/SUMMER/FALL: STORIES
 UPDATED (Find out how his patient is doing, see a photo of Dr. Kanter's team)
Hans recently wrote us:
In addition, I took some photographs, which may well fit with the earlier article I provided. Just open this link and download:
Please consider sharing with us any special stories you have about displacement, odd or funny stories about how you are occupying your time or old banking stories you've delayed writing up for us because you were too busy doing other things. Please keep sending your book recommendations (and reasons for recommending).
Social distancing is the new norm, but not virtual social distancing! We hope you'll consider the CAA web platform as a way to reach out to others and keep from going stir crazy: Read previously published stories (mostly under "News" or "Life After Chase"), or write a new one for us.
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CONTESTS (A winner !)
 Contest No. 2: Where will JPMorgan Chase stock (JPM) be at the close of the third quarter?
And the winner is...Deb Talbot! JPM stock closed at $96.27 on September 30; Talbot guessed a close of $96.45, submitting her entry the day the contest opened on Sunday, May 17. JPM stock had closed at $85.90 on the prior Friday.
When our contest ended on Monday, June 1, the stock price was $98.60. Since then, the price ranged from $92.18 (July 9) to $113.45 (June 8). Predictions ranged from $56.88 to $128, with a median guess of $103.76.
Talbot said her prediction–a mere 18 cents off the actual price–was just pure luck. "I did not use Voodoo on the estimate," she said. Her luck was enough to win her a $250 Amazon gift certificate. First runner up (who gets to use the gift certificate if Talbot can't) is Jim Haynes (guessing $95.15), and second runner-up is Anna Perasso ($98.11).
Congratulations to Talbot!
 Contest No. 3: How Now, Dow Jones!Guess where the Dow will be when the market closes on Thursday, December 31, 2020. Submissions are now closed.
When our contest ended on September 30, 2020, the Dow closed at 27,781.70, up 329.04 points or 1.2%. Our alumni predictions for the year-end Dow ranged from a blood-curdling 16,399.75 to a buoyant 29,977.69, with a median prediction of 27,436.61.
Almost two-thirds of our participants thought the Dow would be down from the third quarter close.
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IN MEMORIAM
Please send remembrances to news@chasealum.org
 Justin (Judd) McCarthy, 81, a longtime CAA member and 40-year-veteran of Chase in Corporate HR, died on October 8, 2020.
 Michael Silvestri, who worked at Chemical Bank and then Chase over a 22-year period, died on September 14, 2020.
 Dan Klingenberg, 80, who was an agriculture expert for Chase, died in Arizona on September 14, 2020. (Not that the In Memoriam is substantially rewritten from its earlier posting.)
 Meg (Fitzpatrick) Klimpton, 70, who worked in International Corporate and was HR Liaison in David Rockefeller's office in the 1980s, died in Sydney, Australia on June 7, 2020.
Don Gandy, 58, a Global Relationship Manager for Chase in the 1990s and 2000s, died on August 27, 2020, in Georgia.
How Best to Use the CAA Membership Directory
 If you have not done so recently, please update the information in your profile, so that the CAA and other members would be better able to contact you. Using the Membership Directory is a privilege of dues-paying CAA members.
Now get a refresher on how to best use the membership directory to find an individual or groups of individuals you would like to contact. (Note that only dues-paying members have access to the directory.).
To get to the directory, log in at www.chasealum.org. On the home page menu, click on Membership and then Member Directory.
When searching by name, or in any of the other search areas, we advise starting by putting in less information in the search field. For example, if you want to find William Smith, type only Smith in the Search by Name box; if you put in “William Smith” and he is calling himself Bill Smith in his profile, you will not find him.
If you want to find members who live near you, enter the city, state or country (or any combination) under Location. The Years at Chase search is very valuable. Type in 1996-2005, for instance, and you will find everyone who worked for the bank (including heritage banks) during those years. You can narrow your search by also typing in a location or job title.
Once you have entered the search words, click on Search at the bottom of the page. When members’ names appear, click on their names to obtain more detailed information about them.
If you have any problem with any of this, contact Ken Jablon at jablonkt@aol.com.
As always: If the links do not work for you, you can always access the latest stories by logging on to CAA's web site.
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to Ken Jablon or call Ken (during normal working hours) at 212-799-9525.
By the by: Don't forget to explore the rest of the CAA Web site. Just click on the home page menu buttons to find the news archive, photo album, membership directory, past In Memoriams and benefit information.
The Board of the Chase Alumni Association
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