Chase Alumni Association

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

# J. Mikesell (Mike) Thomas, who began an illustrious career in finance at First National Bank of Chicago–eventually becoming the Bank's CFO and EVP/Co-Head of Institutional Banking–died February 12, 2022 in Naples, FL. 

# We were only recently notified of the death longtime member Bill Criss, who died on April 26, 2022, at the age of 78. Criss played a principal role in Chase's expansion in California in the 1980s.

# The CAA mourns the passing of longtime member Stewart Gager on March 8, 2022, at the age of 81.  Gager worked at Chase in various EMEA/capital market assignments in New York and London from 1965 to 1999.

We were only just made aware of the death of Norman Willis, on May 4, 2020, at the age of 79. Willis was an attorney for the bank for 28 years.

We were only just informed of the death of Joseph P. Casalino, 80, on November 20, 2021. The Staten Island resident was primarily involved in human resources, but was seconded from Chase to a bank in Kuwait City for two years in the 1970s. He was married to a Chase alumna for 51 years–Mary Anne Casalino.

We only just learned of the death of Marti Dinerstein on January 13, 2018. She was 74 and had lived in Stamford, CT. Dinerstein worked for Chase for six years in the 1970s before going on to pioneering leadership positions at Bank of New York and US Trust Company.

 

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