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 # The CAA Fall Reception in NYC will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2022. The event is for dues-paying members only, and you must pre-register. Click here for more information and to sign up. We expect to have a senior JPMorgan Chase executive address us. Thanks to JPMC for hosting!
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 # A General Note: An alumna of First Chicago recently sent us an email complaining that the bank is not sufficiently represented on this website, that everything is about Chase, Chemical and Manny Hanny. (And, of course, we get complaints from Chem and MHT alumni that everything is about Chase!) This is a reminder that we largely rely on you, our members, to send us your stories and recollections. We propose story topics – e.g. mentors, romance in the workplace, working in dangerous situations, memorabilia, best hires, ways you spent the pandemic, book recommendations, to name a few – and then hope that alumni from all the JPMC heritage organizations will chime in. We're also always looking for contributions to Moments in Bank History (all the banks!) and Life After Chase (or Chem, MHT, First Chicago, etc.). So please, scour your memories and contact us! As always, you can write up a story yourself or just ask to be interviewed. Contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org.
 # Speaking of which #1: An alumnus sent us a controversial but enticing idea for a story:
Were you ever involved in or approached overseas (or stateside) to participate in corrupt practices–or have to look the other way?
If this is a subject you are willing to write or be interviewed about, please contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org. You can speak confidentially, or we can run your story anonymously if you prefer. We've already heard from a number of alumni. Add your tale!
 # Speaking of which #2: While we're all suffering through the dog days of summer, we observe that August 22, 2022 will be the 50th anniversary of the hold-up of the Chase bank branch immortalized in the film Dog Day Afternoon, in which seven Chase employees were held hostage for more than 14 hours. If you have first-hand memories of that occasion or simply want to gab about the movie or any other bank robberies, please let us know ASAP.
NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
 # Continuing our series on Bankers in Danger: We've added a lively recollection of Tehran in 1979 from
Geoff Scott. (This link also leads you to Chris Matlon's story from the Lebanese Civil War and Jim Haynes's account of his multiple close shaves.)
 # There is only one room remaining for the Chase Alumni reunion trip – twice postponed due to COVID and now scheduled for October 6 through 15, 2022. We're now going to Naples and Apulia (the "heel" of Italy's "boot").
LIFE AFTER CHASE
 David Gibson-Moore has lived in the Gulf Region for nearly 30 years. He is a frequent speaker and panel moderator for financial conferences, as well as a consultant for entities wanting to start up in the Middle East. And he has quite a novel to write!
 Happy D-Day Birthday, Seiki Murono! Read of the extraordinary circumstances of his birth and his almost textbook fulfillment of the American Dream in spite of those surroundings, an almost textbook example of American Shame.
 Gene Ret devoted much of his career to the evolving field of privacy compliance. Now "quasi-retired", he offers community groups pro bono presentations to help the less informed (and more gullible) among us navigate scams and threats of identity theft.
 Scenes of the destruction of Mariupol are particularly difficult to watch for Tom Hayne, who spent six weeks there in 1995 as a volunteer with the International Executive Search Corps (IESC), a group co-founded by David Rockefeller.
MOMENTS IN BANK HISTORY
(And remember...you have friends at Chase Alumni who want to see photos of your
# Object of the Week: Gail Cieszkiewicz was a JPM Chase Texas employee working in NYC on weekdays. She recently found her survival kit, although she isn't sure if it was issued by HQ in New York or given to her by a Chase Texas worried about her in the Big City (not that Houston is small). The survival kit had a box of water, expiring January 7, 1995, a whistle, a mask and a snap-light lightstick. "I still remember the drills after 911, walking down lots of stairs in heels. My legs felt like rubber," she said.
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 Peter Rapuzzi remembers a time we cooperated with Russian bankers.
 Ed Moran shares some delicious stories and memories of encounters with boldface names from his days at Chase Manhattan. It's a real fun read!
 Inspired by Gene Ret (photo, right), Larry Stirling (photo, left) tells us more about The Vault on 5B at One Chase Manhattan Plaza and other tales of 1CMP.
 Having written about being one of the "mole people" working without windows in The Vault on 5B at One Chase Manhattan Plaza, Gene Ret guides us through the other floors below ground.
Did a Chase medical kit save your life?
Steve Hirsch says a kit indirectly saved his life. Nancy Saur said it certainly helped. Read about it.
The kits were issued to employees who travelled or were transferred overseas. Please let Andrea know at news@chasealum.org if you have a story about how a Chase medical kit was lifesaving (for you or someone else) when you were abroad.
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.
 Richard A. "Dick" Hanson, 86, who once ran all NYC's Chase Manhattan retail branches and led its middle-market lending, died in New Jersey on May 19, 2022.
 Donna Diana Johnson, 85, a former VP at Manufacturers Hanover Trust and Chase Manhattan, died in California on June 29, 2022.
 Walter L. Markham, who held various executive positions in a 30-year career at Chemical Bank, died on July 6, 2022, at the age of 77.
 Robert "Bob" Rosenbloom, part of the Corporate Social Responsibility team at Chemical Bank and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation for 22 years, died unexpectedly on June 21, 2022, at the age of 76.
 Ulrich Krohn, who served Chase Manhattan in Frankfurt, Germany, for more than a quarter of a century, died on June 13, 2022, a few weeks short of his 88th birthday. Read additional remembrances.
 Joseph Bailey Hartmeyer, who retired from Chemical Bank in 1989 as a Senior Vice President, died at the age of 95 on June 24, 2022, in Easton, MD.
 The CAA mourns the June 11, 2022 passing of its longtime member Richard J. (Dick) Boyle, 78, who retired from Chase Manhattan in 1996 as a Vice Chair and Head of Global Lending. Boyle began at Chase in 1965.
 George N. Scandalios, 85, a Senior Vice President at Chase Manhattan in charge of the Bank's Operations/Systems area and worldwide real estate holdings, died on June 1, 2022, in Manhasset, NY.
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.
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