Chase Alumni: In Remembrance, 2021

 
 
 
Dear Reader,
 
As the year draws to a close,
we remember these Chase alumni
whose In Memoriams were published in 2021*.
♦♦♦
Robert Dangremond (died in 2020)
Douglas Hutter (died in 2014)
John J. Kettle (died in 2009)
Tom Kitz (died in 2020)
Ann R. Leven (died in 2019)
Vincent (Val) Mulcahy (died in 2016)
Karl M. Parrish (died in 2014)
Gerard (Jerry) Sullivan (died in 2020)
Philip M. Wexler (died in 2017)
♦♦♦
Anyone wishing to share a remembrance of any of these alumni
should send it to news@chasealum.org.  
 
May their memories be a blessing.
♦♦♦
* Some of these alumni died in prior years,
but we only learned of their passing in 2021.

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# Looking forward to the new year and new beginnings,
we'd like to launch a new feature for the newsletter:
Who is the best person you ever hired at the Bank and why? Please send your story to news@chasealum.org. 
We'll start running the series in 2022.
 
 
 
Thank you to the mentors who influenced generations 
of superb Chase bankers (and those of Chemical and
MHT and other heritage institutions). We're offering tributes from Chase alumni who wanted to express their gratitude to men and women who helped shape their careers and lives. 
The tributes are posted in three parts. Each part has links 
to the others and a list of writers and the colleagues thanked.
►# We've added new tributes to Part 3.  Click here for Part 1 or Part 2.
  ►If you still want to pay tribute to a mentor or if you want to say more about someone  already cited by a colleague, please send your comments to news@chasealum.org. 
 

# SHARE YOUR STORY We're looking for contributions to Moments in Bank History and Life After Chase. You can either send your story fully written or ask to be interviewed. Contact Andrea at  news@chasealum.org.

 
NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)                                       
 
# HOW NOW, DOW JONES CONTEST: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 35,457.31 on October 19,  2021, the contest deadline to predict where the Dow will 
be at the end of the year. (The Dow was at 35,950.46
when it closed for the Christmas weekend on Thursday, December 23, 2021.) Our members' estimates ranged from 31,232.56 to 39,772.06, with a mean of 35,778.07. Time will tell! The winner will receive a $250 Amazon gift card. Do you have an idea for a contest? If so, let us know.
 
See photos from CAA Vienna's November luncheon, featuring Andreas Treichl.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See photos from CAA Frankfurt's 2021 Thanksgiving gathering at the Frankfurter Golf Club.
 
 
 
 
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).  
 
►The alumni trip to Croatia/Italy has been postponed to October 2022. More information has been sent directly to registrants. 
 
 LIFE AFTER CHASE                                                                   
 
Anne-Marie Barcia built a lifelong career out of what she learned in Chase credit training – how to train bankers! 
She even found the "Bailey manual" in Egypt!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Read about the other two (or is it three and counting?) careers of Robert Aberlin, and learn how some Chase connections led from one thing to another in film, the
dance world and education. Jim Adamson commented on the story, adding a great anecdote...worth a read!
 
 
 
MOMENTS IN BANK HISTORY                                                       
(And remember...you have friends at Chase Alumni who want to see photos of your 
Bank memorabilia! Please send to news@chasealum.org.)
 
# Object of the Week: MHT Christmas Club–1963
 
 

Gene Ret remembers being one of the "mole people" working without windows in The Vault on 5B at One Chase Manhattan Plaza. (# More comments posted.)

 

 

 

Idiosyncratic or wacky? Paul Hemminger recalls some of
the strange practices in the upstate NY hometown banks Chase acquired in the 1970s.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Click for a master index to images of memorabilia we've gathered recently, from Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan. 

 
 
 
 
 
  IN MEMORIAM                                                                                

In Memoriams: Please send remembrances to news@chasealum.org

Colin Swinborne, 84, died on October 14, 2021, in Palm Beach, FL. Starting at MHT as a lending officer, he retired from Chase in the late 1990s from posts in Corporate Affairs.  

 
 
 
 

# Warren Townsend, 88, died on November 25, 2021, in Beaverton, OR. He served Chase Manhattan in the 1970s in East Africa, South Asia and New York.

 
 

 

 
 
 

Kenneth S. Rolland, 90, died on November 24, 2021, in Scottsdale, AZ. He was Chief Investment Officer of Chemical when he retired after 40 years with the Bank, in 1992.

 
 
 

 

 

Cesar J. Chekijian, 75, died on November 11, 2021. He was head of corporate real estate for Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Chemical Bank, Chase and, eventually, JPMorgan Chase.

 
 
 
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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