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Dear Reader,
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# Please note: At the end of the month, we will publish a list of Chase alumni whose In Memoriams were run during 2022. If you know of someone who died this year and we haven't published an obituary, please send the name and as much as you know about the individual by December 24, 2022 to news@chasealum.org. Thank you.
# Also: the next two newsletters will be emailed on Fridays, December 23 and 30.
NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
 Pay Tribute to Your Mentor: Here are two new contributions, including one, from Dave Farrell, that is also a reminiscence of Chase Manhattan South Africa. We continue to invite you to pay tribute to a mentor at the bank who helped shape your career, values and interests, someone who went beyond just being your boss. You must write about an employee of Chase, Chemical, Manny Hanny, Bank One, First Chicago or the other banks that are the heritage of JPMorgan Chase. Please include specifics. If you have a photo of yourself with your mentor, please send it. Last year we had enough essays to require that we run it in three parts. We've begun Part 4. Let's see if we need a Part 5!
 That's not how we do things (Part 2): We're starting to post more stories about experiences alumni have had being approached overseas (or stateside) to participate in corrupt practices–or having to look the other way. The newest post is a story by Sergei Boboshko about his experiences in Russia in the 1990s.
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!
 CAA AUSTRIA ALUMNI: Eighteen alumni and guests gathered for lunch in Vienna on November 22, 2022 at St. Johann's Club. The speaker was Susanne Kraus-Winkler, the Austrian government's official in charge of tourism and wife of Michael Kraus. A lively discussion was held on the challenges facing tourism in view of the climate change that could hurt Austria significantly. Many thanks to Susanne for spending the time with us. Dues-paying CAA members can click here to see photos from the occasion.
We have a new photo album, with some stunning photos by Ed and Mary Tan and Harry Tether from the CAA Naples/Puglia trip. They complement the album featuring photos by Jean Marc Bara (under his photographer name, Jean-Marc). (They are only viewable by dues-paying CAA members.)
Dues-paying CAA members can click here to see photos from the CAA NYC Reception of September 22, 2022. Alumni braved midtown traffic from the opening of the UN General Assembly to attend the event at 277 Park Avenue, where they had the chance to meet one of JPMorgan Chase's new stars, Racquel Oden. Read more here.
LIFE AFTER CHASE
Congratulations to Ron Mayer, who was honored on October 27, 2022 by the New York Legal Assistance Group for this pro bono service to NYLAG's clientele.
 # A General Note: Alumnae of First Chicago and Morgan Guaranty have sent us emails complaining that those institutions are 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.
MOMENTS IN BANK HISTORY
(And remember...you have friends at Chase Alumni who want to see photos of your
# Objects of the Week: Chemical Bank offered this ceramic money bag coin bank once upon a time.
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 # Unexpected Danger for One of Our Own: This week's arrest of a suspect in the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland reminds us that Chase banker Frank Ciulla was among the 270 victims. He was flying home to New Jersey from a Chase assignment in London.
 We've added two comments to the story in Part 3 of our series Bankers in Danger, a colorful story by Thomas Lane on how (and why) David Rockefeller had major security in tow in 1976 on his visit to Milan – and Chase Manhattan Bank USA employees on assignment in Italy received a 10 percent “hardship” salary adjustment!
 Bankers in Danger, Part 2: 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.)
IN MEMORIAM: John A. Ward, III, 76
 John A. Ward, III, president of the Chase Alumni Association since 2005, died of lung cancer on the morning of September 30, 2022. Please click here for the rest of the In Memoriam.
IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriams: Please send remembrances to news@chasealum.org.
 # The CAA mourns the death of its member Joan Scandurra Polcari, who died on November 20, 2022, eight days short of her 72nd birthday. She was in the marketing department at Chase Manhattan, where she met her husband, John Polcari.
 # The CAA only recently learned of the death of past member Hugo Wyss, who died on November 27, 2021 at the age of 89. Wyss was known as the "dean of commodity finance".
 The CAA mourns the passing of longtime member Mark Kaufmann, who died on November 17, 2022, just short of his 90th birthday. Kaufmann was a senior vice president and Director of Corporate Development at Chase Manhattan for many years.
William H. "Bill" Maurhoff, 86, who once worked in New York, South America and London for both Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank, died on November 10, 2022.
 Ronald Halloran Jr., 78, who worked for Chase for 35 years, retiring in 2002 as a VP in the Corporate Trust Group, died on November 9, 2022.
 Maria "Conchita" Ravelo, 94, who was a credit manager for Chase Manhattan, died on November 8, 2022, in Staten Island. She had also been an auditor in her native Cuba.
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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